The ANNALS of the AAPSS 650

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, November 2013: Volume 650

Evaluating the Effects of the Great Recession
Sheldon Danziger

Federal Government Activism and the Political Response

The Macroeconomic Policy Paradox: Failing by Succeeding
Alan S. Blinder

Political Effects of the Great Recession
Larry M. Bartels

Effects on Employment, Wealth, Retirement Security, and the Social Safety Net

Failing the Test? The Flexible U.S. Job Market in the Great Recession
Richard B. Freeman

Wealth Disparities Before and After the Great Recession
Fabian T. Pfeffer, Sheldon Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni

The Effects of the Great Recession on the Retirement Security of Older Workers
Alicia H. Munnell and Matthew S. Rutledge

The Great Recession and the Social Safety Net
Robert A. Moffitt

Effects on Education, Health, Family, and Children

Expanding Enrollments and Contracting State Budgets: The Effect of the Great Recession on Higher Education
Andrew Barr and Sarah E. Turner

The Great Recession and Health: People, Populations, and Disparities
Sarah A. Burgard, Jennifer A. Ailshire, and Lucie Kalousova

The Effects of the Great Recession on Family Structure and Fertility
Andrew Cherlin, Erin Cumberworth, S. Philip Morgan, and Christopher Wimer

Effects of the Great Recession on Child Development
Ariel Kalil

State and Local Variations in Responses to the Recession

State Fiscal Policy during the Great Recession: Budgetary Impacts and Policy Responses
Andrea Louise Campbell and Michael W. Sances

The Effects of Local Economic Conditions on Confidence in Key Institutions and Interpersonal Trust after the Great Recession
Lindsay A. Owens and Karen S. Cook