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The Effect of Social Support on Prenatal Smoking in Romania (thesis)
Smoking is one of few controllable risk factors for pregnancy and it is associated with poor health outcomes for mothers and children. While prenatal smoking is now low in many places, Eastern European countries continue ...
Goodbye Lenin, Hello Murat? The Effect of Communism on Individual Attitudes Toward Immigration (thesis)
This paper argues conceptually and demonstrates empirically that individual attitudes toward immigration are deeply affected by a country's politico-economic legacy. Drawing on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and ...
Unintended Consequences: The 1980 Soviet Grain Embargo and Land Values in US Agriculture (thesis)
In this paper, I analyze the domestic ramifications of the 1980 Soviet grain embargo. Using data from the United States Census of Agriculture for the years 1978 and 1982, I attempt to empirically quantify the effect of the ...
Recession Severity and Lagging Employment (thesis)
This paper uses the Current Population Survey to examine the differential experiences of demographic groups following the Great Recession. Geographic variation in recession severity is used to asses the effect of recession ...
A Survival Analysis on the Waiting Lists for Kidney Transplants in the United States: Who Waits the Most? (thesis)
The National Organ Transplantation Act, passed in 1984, continues to be utilized in an effort to address the disparity between the quantity supplied and demanded of kidneys. The
National Organ Transplantation Act declared ...
The Signaling Effect of Rankings: Evidence from Top 14 Law Schools (thesis)
This thesis examines the effect on career outcomes caused by placing within the top 14 spots on US News & World Reports' law school rankings. We use data from the American Bar Association on class profiles, Bar passage ...
The Great Migration and Education: How African American Migrant Flows Impacted Northern Cities' Finance Decisions (thesis)
Ethnic fragmentation influences local preferences and the provision of public goods, such as education. I examine the effect of changes in racial composition for Northern and Western cities between 1940 and 1970 on city ...
Potential Policy Options to Improve Sport Fishing in Balbina: A Choice Experiment Analysis (thesis)
This research is developed within the framework of environmental economics, which attempts to value non market goods that provide individuals with specific values that are not elicited through market transactions. Environmental ...
Does Exposure to Media Shape Perceptions of Corruption? Evidence from Post-Socialist Countries (thesis)
This paper empirically assesses the effect of exposure to media on individuals' perceptions of corruption, taking into account the heterogeneous effects of the extent of state control of media. Perceptions of corruption ...
Do Beer Taxes Affect Birth Rates Among Teens and Young Women in the United States? (thesis)
Alcohol abuse and underage drinking in the United States lead to many adverse outcomes, including unintended pregnancy. One way to reduce alcohol abuse – and therefore its negative outcomes – is to raise the price of beer ...