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Miner paper on bureaucratic models of inefficiency published in Public Choice
William Duncombe, Jerry Miner & John Ruggiero
September 30, 1997
Healthier and Wealthier? The Changing Economic Circumstances of the Elderly
James P. Smith
How is the economic status of the elderly changing and what are their prospects for the future? The authors' portrait tells us how well off they are on average, but also about the vast disparities that exist among them.
April 30, 1997
See related: Aging
Setting Boundaries: The Anthropology of Spatial and Social Organization
Deborah Pellow
December 31, 1996
The World of Sofia Velasquez: The Autobiography of a Bolivian Market Vendor
Hans C. Buechler
December 31, 1996
See related: Latin America & the Caribbean
Narratives of Justice: Legislators’ Beliefs about Distributive Fairness
Grant Reeher
December 31, 1996
See related: United States
Housecraft and Statecraft: Domestic Service in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1600
Dennis Romano
December 31, 1996
After Suffrage: Women in Partisan and Electoral Politics Before the New Deal
Kristi Andersen
December 31, 1996
American Longevity: Past, Present, and Future
Samuel H. Preston
How long we live, and how long members of our families and social groups live, is extraordinarily important to us. Unfortunately, the subject of longevity falls between the cracks of academe and has received far less attention than it warrants.
September 30, 1996