EDUCATION LEVELS, PARTICIPATION RATES, AND POLICY OUTPUT EFFORTS IN THE FIFTY STATES

In: State and local government review: a journal of research and viewpoints on state and local government issues, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 75-79

Abstract

STUDIES OF STATE POLICY HAVE CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC VARIABLES AND EXPENDITURE LEVELS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. POLITICAL VARIABLES WERE FOUND TO HAVE LITTLE INDEPENDENT INFLUENCE ON POLICY EXPENDITURES. DEFIINING AND OPERATIONALIZING POLICY EXPENDITURES AS EFFORTS RATHER THAN LEVELS OF EXPENDITURES, THIS WORK REPORTS A MODEST YET INDEPENDENTIMPACT OF A KEY POLITICAL VARIABLE, PARTIICIPATION, ON PUBLIC POLICY.