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Changes in State Government Spending Compared to Changes in Income in Arizona Since 1990

Provides an analysis of the change in state government expenditures and gains in income. Spending increases generally have been in line with the gains in various measures of income.

Arizona General Fund Income & Earnings Public Finance
Public Finance

A Brief Analysis of Issues Associated With Debt Financing for the State of Arizona “Students First” School Capital Funding System

Compares the existing system of financing the construction of new schools through current expenditures from the general fund with the alternative of using long-term debt financing. Debt financing is an appropriate mechanism for school construction because the benefits of new schools extend far…

Arizona K-12 Finance Public Finance
Arizona Universities

Is Resident Undergraduate Instruction at Arizona State University as Nearly Free as Possible?

Extends the February 2006 paper on tuition and appropriations by including a quantitative analysis of tuition, financial aid, and income.

Arizona ASU Higher Education Finance Arizona Universities
Productivity and Prosperity

University Research and Local Economic Development

Provides a review of studies that examine the extent to which university research promotes local economic growth and development, with a primary focus on economic impacts that derive from the innovative outputs of faculty. These impacts include the attraction of industrial laboratories, the…

Economic Development Nation Productivity and Prosperity Research & Development STEM/High Tech Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

High-Wage Jobs

Examines high-wage jobs throughout the United States with a focus on Arizona. Arizona’s subpar job quality is not due to a scarcity of high-wage jobs, but instead results from lesser job quality in the remainder of the employment distribution.

Arizona Job Mix Nation Productivity and Prosperity States
Productivity and Prosperity

Five Reasons to Skip College: A Reply

Responds to an article at Forbes.com that questioned the value of higher education.

Income & Earnings Nation Productivity and Prosperity Value of Education
Productivity and Prosperity

Job Quality: 2004 Update

Updates the initial analyses of job quality conducted in 2005, which presented a new way to calculate job quality nationally and by state.

Arizona Job Quality Nation Productivity and Prosperity
Productivity and Prosperity

Universities in the U.S. National Innovation System

Reviews research and development efforts in the United States, including the role played by universities. Private industry performs over 90 percent of development and about 70 percent of applied research. Basic research, on the other hand, is performed primarily in universities.

Higher Education Finance Nation Productivity and Prosperity Research & Development
Arizona Universities

Tuition, Appropriations and Constitutional Mandates in Arizona

Looks at university tuition levels and public support for universities by state, with consideration of constitutional requirements for tuition to be as nearly free as possible and for appropriations to be made for the maintenance and improvement of public educational institutions.

Arizona ASU Higher Education Finance Arizona Universities

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