NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Thursday, April 11, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Thursday, April 11, 2002

	Russian tax cuts lifted revenues 30 percent in 2001; other reforms have also sparked economic growth....
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

	Airline passenger screening will cost $211 million per month, nearly four times the monthly cost in 2000....
USA TODAY

	Experts say Philadelphia's wage tax has cost the city 200,000 jobs and 400,000 residents since 1970....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	About one-third of "high-achieving" women have delayed having children, says author Sylvia Ann Hewlett, because of their careers....
USA TODAY

	Slavery is more profitable today than before its abolition in the 19th century, say researchers....
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

	Value added education assessments can track students' progress year to year, say analysts....
EVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION

	Total compensation for Oklahoma state employees is 22 percent more than comparable private sector employees, says economist Wendell Cox....
OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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