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作者：Campbell, DE; West, MR; Peterson, PE
作者单位：University of Notre Dame; Harvard University
摘要：We use data from a sample of applicants to a national means-tested school voucher program and a national sample of the population eligible for the program to evaluate the factors leading families to use school vouchers. Our analysis divides the process of voucher usage into two distinct stages: initial application and subsequent take-up. Using a nested logit model, we find that some factors, like religious affiliation and religious service attendance, affect both stages. Others, like mothers e...
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作者：McGregor, EB Jr
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
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作者：Dai, YX; Popp, D; Bretschneider, S
作者单位：Syracuse University; Syracuse University
摘要：Over the past 20 years, the number of patents assigned to universities has increased dramatically. This increase coincided with several policy initiatives, such as the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, designed to foster technology transfer between universities and the private sector. This paper examines the effect of such policies using an institutional framework, designed to illustrate how factors both from inside and outside of academia influence the decision to patent university research. We find pas...
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作者：Derthick, M
作者单位：University of Virginia
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作者：DeSimone, J
作者单位：State University System of Florida; University of South Florida
摘要：This study examines how drug injection and needle sharing propensities respond when a needle exchange program (NEP) is introduced into a city. I analyze 1989-1995 Drug Use Forecasting data on adult male arrestees from 24 large U.S. cities, in nine of which NEPs opened during the sample period. After controlling for cocaine and heroin prices, AIDS prevalence, fixed effects for cities and years and city-specific time trends, the model indicates that the presence of a NEP is associated with decli...
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作者：Derthick, M
作者单位：University of Virginia
