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Rural and Small-Town America: Context, Composition, and Complexities
Tim Slack, professor of sociology at Louisiana State University, and co-authored by Shannon M. Monnat, professor of sociology and Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health, share lessons offered from rural society and confronts common myths and misunderstandings about rural people and places.
See related: Rural Issues, United States
Characteristics Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among US Working-Age Adults
“Watchful, skeptics, and system distrusters: Characteristics associated with different types of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among U.S. working-age adults,” co-authored by Professor of Sociology Shannon Monnat, was published in Vaccine.
See related: COVID-19, Government, United States
Earnings and Employment Patterns Following Child-Care Subsidy Receipt
See related: Child & Elder Care, Income, Labor, United States
How Bureaucrats Represent Economic Interests: Partisan Control over Trade Adjustment Assistance
“How Bureaucrats Represent Economic Interests: Partisan Control over Trade Adjustment Assistance,” authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Minju KIM, was published in International Studies Quarterly.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Trade, United States
Racial-Ethnic Gaps in Pandemic-Related Economic Hardship: Age Differences among Older Adults
In this study published in Journals of Gerontology: Series B and co-authored by Emily Wiemers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, results point to structural factors generating new racial-ethnic gaps in pandemic-related economic hardship among those approaching retirement (ages 55-74) that did not affect the oldest adults (ages 75+).
See related: Aging, COVID-19, Race & Ethnicity, United States
A Policy Design Perspective on Electricity Rates
Research in a Closed Political Context, COVID, and Across Languages
See related: COVID-19, Government, Health Policy, Research Methods, Russia
Emotional Distress During COVID-19 by Mental Health Conditions and Economic Vulnerability
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Mental Health, Research Methods
Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time
This April 2023 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time: A Study of Environmental Justice Councils," co-authored by Saba Siddiki and Graham Ambrose in Environmental Management.
See related: Environment, Government, Research Methods
The Crisis of Belonging: Building Alternative Communities for Care