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Rappaport Institute Policy Notes Rappaport Institute Policy Notes is a periodic description of new policy-related scholarly research about Greater Boston. Policy Notes cover tpoics such as politics and governance; management and budget; program evaluation; regionalism, planning and development; the environment; community and economic development; transportation; housing; demographics and immigration; family policy and social services; education; job training and workforce development; criminal justice; health; history and culture; and media. We have also launched a new searchable Rappaport Institute Policy Notes Database, which is on-line at http://tcdata.hmdc.harvard.edu/pndata/index.php. The database contains information on more than 200 recent books, articles, studies, and student theses about Greater Boston. Users can search the database by author, keyword or one of 18 different subject areas, such as education, economic development, public finance, and social services. Volume 4, Number 1. Includes research on social disparities in premature mortality, the Massachusetts Health Care Revolution, minority participation in state boards, disparities in non-school costs and revenue capacity in Greater Boston, rent control in Massachusetts, mortgage lending in Greater Boston, Boston's home rule powers, the Rose Kennedy Greenway, varieties of CitiStat and welfare reform and work requirements. Volume 3, Number 3. Includes research on the impact of commuter rail lines on property values, Massachusetts Education Reform, the forests of Massachusetts, the challeges of New England energy policy, metropolitan demographic shifts in minority populations since 2000, and the impact of philanthropy on the region. Volume 3, Number 2. Includes research on large-lot housing construction in the Greater Boston area, changing the Boston School Choice Mechanism, mortgage lending in Greater Boston, the effects of increasing minimum wage in Massachusetts and the results of the 2004 Boston Youth Survey. Volume 3, Number 1. Includes research on US socioeconomic health inequalities, what happens to technological centers during economic downturns, who lives downtown, if Boston is a magnet for young adults and exposure to ecological hazards. Volume 2, Number 3. Includes research on demographic shifts in the region, the challenges of bringing smart growth to Massachusetts, the state of Greater Boston's housing market, Boston's high labor costs, and the New England-China relationship as well as other research. Volume 2, Number 2. Includes research on lessons from the Fleet/BankBoston merger; Greater Boston's place in the global economy; overcoming barriers to adoption; New England's looming water shortage; and the environmental and economic impacts of the Massachusetts' smoking ban as well as other research. Volume 2, Number 1. Includes research on subdivision zoning trends; Boston school assignment games; charter schools; gay marriage demographics; convention center dreams and realities; effects of introducing casinos to Massachusetts; how living-wage laws affect Boston businesses; subprime mortgage lending and race; and conflicts over airport expansion. Volume 1, Number 2. Includes research on When Black Urban Churches are not Community Churches; Segregation Trends at the Crossroads; Skilled Cities Grow Because They Adapt Better to Decline; Parents Interest and Knowledge About Alternative Schooling Options; Why Land Availability Affects Support for School Spending; Using the MCAS to Target Skills for the New Economy; Costs and Quality at Academic Versus Community Hospitals; How Massachusetts Taxes Measure Up; A Field Experiment in Employment Discrimination; Commuting in Massachusetts Volume 1, Number 1. Includes research on Social Capital in Boston’s Villa Victoria Housing Complex; Designing Stable School Finance Systems; Management Challenges in Starting Boston’s Excel Charter School; The Economic and Health Effects of Moving From Low-Income Neighborhoods; Low-Income Families in Boston After Welfare Reform; Changing Asian Demographics in Greater Boston |
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