Archived Research Reports

Steven Frates & Michael Shires
An Updated Analysis of Statewide and District-Level K-12 Education Spending in California: FY2003-04 to FY2008-09 (Long version, 950+ school districts)

An Updated Analysis of Statewide and District-Level K-12 Education Spending in California: FY2003-04 to FY2008-09 (Short version, Four selected school districts)
January 2011

California Forward, Center for Civic Education, and the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership
2010 California Civic Health Index: "Financial Crisis, Civic Engagement and the "New Normal"
November 2010

Steven Frates & Michael Shires
Analysis of K-12 Education Expenditures in California: FY2003-04 to FY2008-09
July 2010

Thomas Tseng, Joel Kotkin, Karen Speicher, Namrita Chawla
Growing Urban Villages
April 2006

Gregory Rodriguez, Karen Speicher, and James R. Wilburn
Immigrants, Religious Congregations, and the Civil Society
2004

Joel Kotkin & Erika Ozuna (Economic Development)
Latino Scorecard 2003: Grading the American Dream (Summary)
October 2003

Joel Kotkin, Michael Shires, & Karen Speicher
Our Future Neighborhoods: Housing and Urban Villages in the San Fernando Valley
July 2003

Joel Kotkin, Thomas Tseng, & Erika Ozuna
Rewarding Ambition: Latinos, Housing and the Future of California
September 2002

Joel Kotkin & Erika Ozuna
The Changing Face of the San Fernando Valley
2002

Stephen V. Monsma
Professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University
Working Faith: How Religious Organizations Provide Welfare-to-Work Services
2002

The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy with the Olson Company, Wells Fargo, and Related Companies of California
California Housing Policy in the Digital Age
October 26, 2000

Joel Kotkin
Senior Research Fellow, Davenport Institute, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
The Future of the Center: The Core City in the New Economy
November 1999

Thomas Tseng
Research Fellow, Davenport Institute, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Common Paths: Connecting Metropolitan Growth to Inner-City Opportunities
May 1999

William E. Simon
Former U.S. Secretary of Treasury
My Faith and I
March 12, 1999

Joel Kotkin
John M. Olin Fellow Pepperdine University Institute for Public Policy & La Jolla Institute Senior Fellow
Business Leadership in the New Economy: Southern California at a Crossroads
July 1998

Joel Kotkin
Rethinking Public Policy
May 1998

Joel Kotkin
Back to the Renaissance? A New Perspective on America's Cities
September 1997

Joel Kotkin
Southern California in the Information Age
June 1997

Gregory Rodriguez
Emerging Latino Middle Class
October 1996