Session: Thursday Poster Session (2012 APPAM Fall Research Conference (November 8

Elisabeth Newcomb Sinha, University of Maryland

Are the Better Educated Less Likely to Support Militancy and Terrorism? Pakistani Women Are

Madiha Afzal, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy

Assessing the Effectiveness of Entertainment Industry Incentives for Firm and Employment Growth

Ric Kolenda^1,2 and Cathy Liu¹, (1)Georgia State University, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology

Assessing the Relationship Between Efficiency and Effectiveness In Juvenile Dependency Cases

Steve Wood, Stephanie Macgill, Jesse Russell and Alicia Summers, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Bottom-up Vs. Top-Down: The Long-Term Impact of Personal Experience and Government Ideology On Values

Nicolas R. Ziebarth, Cornell University and Gert G. Wagner, DIW Berlin

Community-Based Support for Coping with Hard Times: Searching for What Works for Disadvantaged Families

Sandra Danziger¹, Richard Rodems², Carolyn Barnes³ and Sue Ann Savas¹, (1)University of Michigan, (2)University of Michigan School of Social Work, (3)University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Commuting to Excess: Isolating Time or Distance Behind the Extreme Commute

Alison K. Fields, U.S. Census Bureau and Melanie Rapino, US Census Bureau

Connecting Crisis Events and Policy Change: Are Policy Actor Belief Systems the Missing Link?

Jonathan Pierce, University of Colorado Denver

Designing Micro-Enterprise Development Programs: An Empirical Investigation of Significant Factors for Effective Information Technology Interventions

Changsoo Song, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Does Changing Jobs Pay off? the Relationship Between Job Mobility and Wages

Amanda Jeanette Huffman, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University

Employment Trajectories In Retirement In Germany

Daniela E. Hochfellner, Research Data Center of the Institute for Employment Research and Carola Burkert, Institute for Employment Research

Estimating the Additional Costs Associated with Disability In the United States

Navena Felicia Chaitoo, Fordham University

Estimating U.S. Census Undercount of the Native-Born Population Using Demographic Analysis

Janna E Johnson, University of Chicago

Estimation of Intra-Class Correlations In the Analysis of Job Training Programs

Hiren Nisar, Randall Juras, Abt Associates, Inc. and Jacob Klerman

Evaluating Apprenticeship Arrangement: Findings From the Retention Rate of Apprentices In Ohio

Yun-Hsiang Hsu, Ohio State University and Joshua Hawley, The Ohio State University

Evaluating the Long-Term Impacts of Americorps Service On Participants: A Qualitative Study

Diana Epstein, American Institutes for Research

Funding the Biomedical Workforce: Does Mechanism Matter?

Margaret E. Blume-Kohout and Dadhi Adhikari, University of New Mexico

Googlearchy Revisited: The Internet, News Media, and Democracy

Sounman Hong, Harvard University

Grassroots Democracy or Backroom Dealings? Interest Group Participation In Regulatory Policymaking

Madeline Barch, Indiana University

Income Estimation for Non-Household Members In the Redesigned SIPP Instrument

Lindsay Monte and Ashley Edwards, US Census Bureau

Increasing Transparency In Supply Chains: Implications for Sustainability From Better Informed Consumer Choice

Holly Jarman¹, Luis Luna-Reyes², Jing Zhang³, Deborah Andersen⁴, Weijia Ran⁴, Giri Tayi⁴, Xing Tan⁴ and David F Andersen⁵, (1)University at Albany, SUNY, (2)Universidad de las Américas Puebla, (3)Clark University, (4)University at Albany, (5)University at Albany, State University of New York

Information Environments and Budget Punctuations: Performance Funding In Higher Education

Thomas M. Rabovsky, University of Oklahoma Department of Political Science and Matthew Nowlin, University of Oklahoma

Instructional Staff Training Expenditures and Changes In School Effectiveness

Robert J. Eger, III, Naval Postgraduate School and D. Ryan Miller, Florida State University

Is Differential within Household Migration Captured Effectively with the National Change of Address (NCOA) Registry?

Alison K. Fields¹, William K. Koerber² and Amy O'Hara¹, (1)U.S. Census Bureau, (2)US Census Bureau

Losing the Grant: Governance and the Btop Debacle

Roy Heidelberg, Louisana State University

Metro Area Industry Composition and Employment Prospects for Workers of Varying Skill Levels

China J Layne, US Census Bureau

No Base Left Behind

Alexander Bogin, Syracuse University, Phuong Nguyen, University of Iowa and Ryan Yeung, Rutgers University-Camden

Policy Diffusion: Exploring the Development of Longitudinal Databases In the K12 and Postsecondary Sectors

Shavecca Snead and Dava Hankerson, Florida State University

Reducing Underage Alcohol & Tobacco Use: Evidence From the Introduction of Vertical Identification Cards

Andriana Bellou, University of Montreal and Rachana Bhatt, Georgia State University

Sustainable Public Pension Systems for Florida Local Governments: Financial Solvency and Paradigm Switch

Yongqing Cong, Florida International University

The Effects of Expansions In the Korean Pension Plan On the Wellbeing of the Elderly

Haeil Jung, Korea University, Sang Kyoo Lee, Indiana University and Maureen Pirog, University of Washington

The Impact of Non-Parental Child Care On Child Development: Evidence From the Summer Participation "Dip"

Chris M. Herbst, Arizona State University

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Region and the Minnesota Economy

Lee W. Munnich, L. Burke Murphy, Megan Roberts and Jennifer Schuller Prins, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

The Political Economy of Human Capital Development In the Nigerian Public Sector: Issues and Challenges

Kelechi Ekuma and Dereck Arubayi, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK

The Role of Local Teacher Union Composition In Collective Bargaining Outcomes: Evidence From California

Alexander Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

The ‘Blagojevich' Premium: The Cost of Corruption In Subnational Debt

Tima Moldogaziev, University of South Carolina and Cheol Liu, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University

Study on Innovation Policy Experimentation Formation Mechanism in China—— Evidence from Zhongguancun National High-tech Zones

Yue Guo¹, Peng Ru², Jun Su¹ and Wen Ding³, (1)Tsinghua University, (2)School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, (3)School of Pubic Policy and Management,Tsinghua University

Determinants of Privatization In U.S. Municipalities: A Spatial Study of Policy Diffusion

Zhiwei Zhang and Longjin Chen, University of Kentucky

A Public Policy Application of CMS-Based Large-Scale Data Management and Visualization

Marlit Hayslett, Josh Cothran, Moon K. Kim and Jonathan Austin, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Threat to Urban Democracy? Municipal State Takeover and Implications for Civic Engagement

Ashley E Nickels, Rutgers University

Poster: Thursday Poster Session (Aging & Retirement)

Poster: Thursday Poster Session
(Aging & Retirement)