Appendix Fig. 18.

Year fixed effects from multivariate regression including socio demographic, economic, and political variables with and without policy variables for 2 year-olds. Shown in the figure above are the year fixed effects for the multivariate regressions examining inflation adjusted fixed with and without policy variables. Other than in early years, there is not a substantial year trend and, given the wide confidence interval, none that is statistically distinct from zero. This suggests that, after adjusting for other predictors in the model and state fixed effects, inflation adjustment actually accounts explains most of the time trend in state foster care maintenance rates observed when they are examined in nominal terms.