Research

Morrison Institute is a leading resource for relevant research, analysis and policy choices of public value. Recent research reports are listed below.

More Morrison Institute research reports are available in the Arizona State University archives.


Hoping in Arizona Health Care

Truth and Consequences: Gambling, Shifting, and Hoping in Arizona Health Care

Reports and Publications
June 2009
Kent Hill, Dennis Hoffman, Nancy Welch, William Hart, John Stuart Hall, Roger Hughes, Jill Rissi

The recession has pushed more people out of work, and as a result, swelled the ranks of Arizona’s uninsured. Arizona has one of the nation’s highest levels of residents without health insurance – almost one in five people.


Mind-Body Problem

Forum 411: Arizona's Mind-Body Problem

Reports and Publications
June 2009
Morrison Institute Staff

Some of Arizonans’ most common and destructive illnesses —those of the brain— are failing to receive adequate treatment due to a combination of modern governmental gridlock and a centuries-old philosophy that separates the mind from the body.


To Learn and Earn

To Learn and Earn: Arizona's Unfinished Business in Human Capital

Reports and Publications
March 2009
Nancy Welch, Richard Toon, Yuri Artibise


Teens Speak Up

Forum 411: Great Expectations: Arizona Teens Speak Up

Reports and Publications
March 2009
Morrison Institute Staff

“Great Expectations: Arizona Teens Speak Up,” the fourth issue of Morrison Institute for Public Policy’s Forum 411 briefing series, offers insights into the state’s 600,000-plus adolescents from professionals who work with them every day and from teens themselves.


Yin and Yang Political Science

Forum 411: Yin and Yang Political Science

Reports and Publications
December 2008
Morrison Institute Staff

This third briefing in the Forum 411 series, revisits the role of government in turbulent times. Today, discussion about the fundamental role of government is again front page news as the nation grapples with the enormous consequences of the housing bust, credit crunch, and economic recession.The briefing asks:


Latinos, Youth and the Future

AZ Workforce: Latinos, Youth and the Future

Reports and Publications
October 2008
Nancy Welch

With unemployment up, consumer spending down, and governments facing revenue shortfalls, Arizona must become more competitive than ever before. AZ Workforce: Latinos, Youth and the Future, produced as part of the ASU Office of Public Affairs’ César E. Chávez Leadership Lecture, examines the “unfinished business” of Arizona’s workforce.


Chronic Homelessness

Richard's Reality: The Cost of Chronic Homelessness in Context

Reports and Publications
October 2008
Yuri Artibise, William Hart, Nancy Welch, Andrea Whistsett


We Are L.A.?

Forum 411: We Are L.A.?

Reports and Publications
September 2008
Morrison Institute Staff


Greater Phoenix Forward

Greater Phoenix Forward: Sustaining and Enhancing the Human Services Infrastructure

Reports and Publications
September 2008
Robert Ashcraft, John Hall, Barbara Robles, Jose Ashford, Teri Kennedy, Elizabeth Segal, David Becerra, Flavio Marsiglia, Timothy Tyrrell, Debra Friedman, Rob Melnick, Randy Virden, Nora Gustavsson, Tanya Nieri, Nancy Welch, Tom Rex


Immigration

Forum 411: Immigration: From Global to Local Kids

Reports and Publications
June 2008
Morrison Institute Staff

"Immigration: From Global to Local to Kids" is the first issue of the policy briefing series, Forum 411: Engaging Arizona's Leaders. Migration is a global phenomenon today, putting the United States in the midst of another historic wave of immigration. As a "gateway" and a destination, Arizona is certainly not alone in coping with people crossing borders.

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