01420pab a2200169 454500 180718b2003 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Coggburn, Jerrell The relationship between state government performance and state quality of life 2003 p.1337-354. This article examines the relationship between government performance and quality of life in the American states. We contend that the management capacity of state governments should have direct, tangible impacts on the overall social and economic well-being of state citizenry. In order to test this idea, we examine the influence of state management capacity (using the 1999 Government Performance Project grades), alongside other economic and political variables, on two prominent measures of state quality of life - The Morgan Quitno "Most Livable State" Index and State Policy Reports" (SPP) "Camelot Index". We find that both state economic conditions and governmental policy priorities have significant impacts on state performance levels. But, our results clearly indicate that the management capacity of state governments also contributes directly to improving the overall quality of life for state citizens. - Reproduced. Quality of life Good governance Schneider, Saundra K. International Journal of Public Administration 58211 58211 58211 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 26, Issue no: 12 AR58656 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR