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When NAFTA was ratified in 1994, we studied the issue an concluded it would benefit Wisconsin. Five years later, we examine our hypothesis and discover that NAFTA works.

What It Will Take to Make It Work

Between 1991 and 1998 the rates of both teen pregnancies and births fell across the nation: among teenagers ages 15-19,…

A myth that continues to exist in the minds of the public and many a government regulator is the notion…

Over the last decade no issue in Wisconsin has been more closely watched here and across the country than the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.

The Objectives of the Research                The objectives of this wave of WPRI’s ongoing…

A review of current issues and trends

The path to fewer prisons

It is no wonder that the national debate in the early 1990s over universal health insurance was so acrimonious and…

Inflated claims, meager results

Wisconsin’s state government turned 150 years old this year. Over that time, Wisconsin state government has grown from a few…

The Objectives of the Research The objectives of this wave of WPRI’s ongoing research program continued to be to measure…

How have poor people responded to changes in the economy and in social welfare programs? It should surprise no one…

Is it an idea whose time has come (again)?

Plea bargaining, punishment, and the public interest

Is light rail the answer to metropolitan Milwaukee’s traffic problems?

The Wisconsin Works (W-2) program has garnered substantial attention for revolutionizing expectations about the obligations of public assistance recipients. Less…

Looking at Hmong children clearly shows that a functional, supportive family is still the single best barometer for educational success in our public schools.

A review of university course materials

After languishing for 150 years in the backwash of economic development in the Green Bay area, the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (hereinafter “the Tribe”) is experiencing its first generation of prosperity. The prosperity is the result of a bingo and casino gambling franchise, hard work, and a good location. The Tribe is using