PUBLICATIONS BY Jennifer A. Marshall
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2008 Research
May 20, 2008
California Court's Judicial Activism Threatens the Institution of Marriage
By Jennifer A. Marshall, Daniel Patrick Moloney, Ph.D. and Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1932)
On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court overturned California voters' 61 percent majority, expressed in 2000's Proposition 22, in favor of affirming marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The California court’s decision is the latest in a series of judicial and legislative efforts to institutionalize a social experiment in its early stages by elevating it in law to the status of the oldest of institutions: marriage.
February 13, 2008
Keeping PEPFAR International AIDS Relief on Target
By Jennifer A. Marshall, Daniel Patrick Moloney, Ph.D., and Brett D. Schaefer
(WebMemo #1812)
In reauthorizing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Congress must ensure that funding is administered in ways that have proven effective and that preserve accountability.
2007 Research
December 28, 2007
Grassroots Disaster Response: Harnessing the Capacities of Communities
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Jennifer A. Marshall, and Lauren Calco Hammond
(Backgrounder #2094)
The survivors of a major disaster require immediate, personal relief, and the government is simply not equipped to provide for all of these needs, especially survivors’ spiritual needs. By partnering with faith-based and community groups before a disaster, America’s local, state, and federal governments can help survivors receive a higher quality of immediate attention and guarantee long-term support.
2006 Research
December 06, 2006
The Charter State Option: Charting a Course Toward Federalism in Education
By Dan Lips, Evan Feinberg, and Jennifer A. Marshall
(Backgrounder #1987)
Congress should embrace a charter state option, allowing states to choose between the status quo and an alternative contractual arrangement with the federal government. Under a charter contract, elected state officials would have broad authority to consolidate and refocus their federal funds on state initiatives in exchange for monitoring and reporting academic progress.
August 31, 2006
Human Rights and Social Issues at the U.N.: A Guide for U.S. Policymakers
By Jennifer A. Marshall and Grace V. Smith
(Backgrounder #1965)
Family, religious faith, and private associations have been bulwarks of America’s freedom throughout its history, and surrendering policymaking authority in these areas would erode some of the great sources of strength for the American order. The President and Congress should consider the implications of the scope of U.N. social policymaking for U.S. constitutional governance and national security.
August 15, 2006
The Collapse of Marriage and the Rise of Welfare Dependence
By Jennifer A. Marshall, Robert Lerman, Ph.D., Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Ph.D., Hon. Wade Horn, Ph.D., Robert Rector
(Heritage Lecture #959)
The 1965 Moynihan Report pointed to the disintegration of family as a major cause of welfare dependence. Building on the 1996 welfare reform, programs like the federal Healthy Marriage Initiative can help to ensure that more children are born into intact families.
May 15, 2006
Patients' Freedom of Conscience: The Case for Values-Driven Health Plans
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., Jennifer A. Marshall, and Grace V. Smith
(Backgrounder #1933)
Because most Americans have little control over the terms or conditions of their health insurance contracts or the payment of premiums, policymakers should (1) allow all Americans to choose their own health plans, (2) eliminate discrimination in the tax code, (3) open up health insurance markets, and (4) allow values-driven health plans to participate in public programs.
May 15, 2006
Executive Summary: Patients' Freedom of Conscience: The Case for Values-Driven Health Plans
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., Jennifer A. Marshall,
and Grace V. Smith
(Executive Summary #1933)
Because most Americans have little control over the terms or conditions of their health insurance contracts or the payment of premiums, policymakers should (1) allow all Americans to choose their own health plans, (2) eliminate discrimination in the tax code, (3) open up health insurance markets, and (4) allow values-driven health plans to participate in public programs.
2005 Research
October 25, 2005
Values-Driven Healthcare: Freedom of Conscience for the Consumer
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., Grace V. Smith, and Jennifer A. Marshall
(WebMemo #894)
Healthcare reform should create a market in which Americans can choose health coverage that is consistent with their ethical, moral, and religious convictions.
June 06, 2005
Soft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands
By W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(Heritage Lecture #880)
Religious orthodoxy appears to be one answer to the process whereby men are more likely to be preoccupied with work and leisure at the expense of their families. Paradoxically, the continuing cultural battles over family-related issues may motivate religiously orthodox men to devote themselves to their families and become more progressive in their approach to marriage and parenting.
February 28, 2005
Beyond the Words at Beijing + 10: How U.N. Policy Falls Short of Women's Best Interests
By Jennifer A. Marshall, Melissa G. Pardue, and Grace V. Smith
(Backgrounder #1829)
As the U.N. observes the 10th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, the United States should continue to focus on policies that promote the domestic and economic security of women through marriage and family, provide security to women through strong defense and protection of the vulnerable, pursue women's political enfranchisement, and provide economic relief and empowerment to women.
2004 Research
December 17, 2004
Why the NCES Study Is Not the Only--Or Best--Word on Charter School Evaluation
By Jennifer A. Marshall and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #624)
Why to be wary of the NCES study on charters.
December 14, 2004
New Research Brings Good News About Charter Schools
By Jennifer A. Marshall and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #622)
A new study on charters shows their successes.
September 21, 2004
Summary: Teens Who Make Virginity Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life Outcomes
By Robert Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(WebMemo #570)
Adolescents who take a virginity pledge have lower levels of sexual activity and better life outcomes.
September 21, 2004
Teens Who Make Virginity Pledges Have Substantially Improved Life Outcomes
By Robert E. Rector, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(Center for Data Analysis Report #04-07)
Recently released Add Health survey data indicate that adolescents who make a virginity pledge will have fewer sexual partners and are less likely to experience teen pregnancy, to be sexually active in high school and as young adults, to give birth as teens or young adults, to give birth out of wedlock, and to engage in unprotected sex. Making such a pledge is not associated with any long-term negative outcomes.
May 17, 2004
Marriage: What Social Science Says and Doesn't Say
By Jennifer Marshall
(WebMemo #503)
Social science data indicate that the intact family best ensures the current and future welfare of children and society when compared with other common forms of households.
April 05, 2004
Advancing U.S. Interests at UNESCO
By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(Executive Memorandum #919)
The Bush Administration should make a concerted effort to ensure that UNESCO undergoes fundamental and lasting reforms, and long-term U.S. membership in this organization should depend on implementation of these reforms. The United States should not hesitate to withdraw from UNESCO once again if it becomes evident that U.S. membership is not in the national interest.
February 03, 2004
Religious Hiring Protection Under Assault
By Joseph Loconte and Jennifer Marshall
(WebMemo #413)
The right of private religious groups to freely determine their membership is a cornerstone of our constitutional order. Congress should once again uphold this important freedom as it considers the Community Services Block Grant.
January 21, 2004
The Fundamental Institutions: President Bush on Marriage, the Family, and Faith
By Jennifer Marshall, Matthew Spalding, Melissa Pardue, and Joe Loconte
(WebMemo #399)
President Bush, in his third State of the Union address, recognized that the strength of this nation rests on certain fundamental "pillars of civilization"—marriage, the family, and religious congregations—that government cannot replicate or replace.
2008 Commentary
August 01, 2008
Ladies, Please
By Jennifer A. Marshall
A user's guide to growing up female in America.
June 25, 2008
Dueling Voices on School Choice
By Jennifer A. Marshall
The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program has survived the first round of its congressional appropriations gauntlet. But its fate after the full committee has its say remains unclear.
April 24, 2008
Take your daughter to work, but talk about home
By Jennifer A. Marshall
April 24 marks the 15th anniversary of Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The Ms. Foundation launched the program in 1993 to introduce young girls to the working world's possibilities for their future.
2007 Commentary
October 18, 2007
Freedom to Choose
Clear-conscience health reform
By Jennifer A. Marshall
If rising costs, declining quality, administrative hassles, and coverage gaps aren't reasons enough to reform American health care, here's one more: conscience concerns.
May 12, 2007
Single on Mother's Day
By Jennifer A. Marshall
Thinking about the women who won’t be getting mother's day cards this year but would love to.
2005 Commentary
January 11, 2005
Grading Charter Schools: A "How-to" Guide
By Jennifer A. Marshall & Kirk A. Johnson
Do charter schools work? Figuring out the answer should be easy. Yet a sequence of reports last month left the impression that it is more confusing than it needs to be. So here's a "how-to" guide to interpreting December's dueling charter-school studies.
2004 Commentary
November 15, 2004
Schools That Surprise
By Jennifer Marshall
The art of teaching is to move each child closer to his or her potential. The art of leading a school is to create a culture of rigorous excellence in which good teachers are challenged to thrive and students flourish as a result.
June 22, 2004
More Than a "Lifestyle Choice"
By Jennifer Marshall
They've finally set a date. Senate leaders have announced that members will vote the week of July 12 whether to amend the Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
May 17, 2004
Brown Today
By Jennifer Marshall
May 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that rejected the "separate-but-equal" doctrine justifying segregated schools. But while Brown may have ended segregation in law, many observers contend that a two-tiered public-education system persists in America.
