Quality-adjusted cost functions for child-care centers
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Multiproduct translog cost functions were measured for 399 child care centers in California, Colorado, Connecticut and North Carolina. Nonprofit centers that received funding assistance exhibited 18% higher total variable costs compared to other centers with consistent service quality across all observed centers. The results indicated the absence of efficiency variations between for-profit and nonprofit centers in services provision.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 1995
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A time-series analysis of crime, deterrence, and drug abuse in New York City
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Evidence points to deterrence as an effective method for preventing certain types of crime. Data from New York City, during the period of 1970 to 1996, indicates that burglaries, motor-vehicle thefts, murders and robberies were reduced in response to increased arrests and enlargements of police force.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2000
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Consumer bankruptcy: a fresh start
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The "Fresh Start" (FS) system or Chapter 7 of the United States bankruptcy code is evaluated, and methods of debt management are discussed.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2007
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