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Catching Air: Risk and Embodied Ocean Health among Dominican Diver Fishermen

Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

"Catching Air: Risk and Embodied Ocean Health among Dominican Diver Fishermen," authored by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kyrstin Mallon Andrews, was published in Medical Anthropology Quarterly.

November 23, 2022

Comparing Happiness Associated With Household and Community Gardening: Implications for Food Action Planning

Graham Ambrose, Kirti Das, Yingling Fan, Anu Ramaswami

"Comparing Happiness Associated With Household and Community Gardening: Implications for Food Action Planning," co-authored by Ph.D. student Graham Ambrose, was published in Landscape and Urban Planning.

November 23, 2022

The Role of Property Tax in California's Housing Crisis

Paul J. Fisher
This report, by Paul J. Fisher, leverages differential exposure to the Proposition 13 tax laws to understand the impact of this policy on the production of housing in Southern California.
November 18, 2022

The Unequal Burden of Long COVID

Marc A. Garcia, Catherine García, and Erin Bisesti

This data slice summarizes data from the U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey and reports that although there are no significant racial/ethnic differences in overall activity limitations from long COVID, a higher percentage of Black and Hispanic/Latino adults report experiencing “significant” activity limitations compared to Whites.

November 16, 2022

Beyond the “Old Boys’ Network”: Social Networks and Job Finding at Community Colleges

Maria Zhu

“Beyond the “Old Boys’ Network”: Social Networks and Job Finding at Community Colleges,” authored by Assistant Professor of Economics Maria Zhu, was published in the Journal of Human Resources.

November 10, 2022

See related: Education, Labor, United States

How Do Households Value the Future? Evidence from Property Taxes

Hans R.A. Koster and Edward W. Pinchbeck
This report, by Hans Koster, discusses the rate at which individuals trade present and future costs and benefits by estimating discount rates from extensive data on housing transactions and spatiotemporal variation in property taxes in England.
November 4, 2022

Limited Cognitive Ability May Reduce SNAP Participation among Older Adults

Colleen Heflin, Dongmei Zuo, Gabriella Alphonso
This brief summarizes the results of a recent study examining the impact of cognitive decline on SNAP participation among adults aged 60 yrs. and older.
November 1, 2022

Testing for Homogeneous Thresholds in Threshold Regression Models

Yoonseok Lee, Yulong Wang

“Testing for Homogeneous Thresholds in Threshold Regression Models,” co-authored by economists Yoonseok Lee and Yulong Wang, was published in Econometric Theory.

October 28, 2022

See related: Research Methods

U.S. state policy contexts and mortality of working-age adults

Jennifer Karas Montez, Nader Mehri, Shannon M. Monnat, Jason Beckfield, Derek Chapman, Jacob M. Grumbach, Mark D. Hayward, Steven H. Woolf, Anna Zajacova

"U.S. state policy contexts and mortality of working-age adults," co-authored by sociologists Jennifer Karas Montez and Shannon Monnat, was published by PLoS ONE.

October 27, 2022

See related: Health Policy, Longevity

Conservative State Policies Contribute to Higher Mortality Rates among Working-age Americans

Jennifer Karas Montez, Nader Mehri, Shannon Monnat
This study examined how state policies on criminal justice, taxes, environment, firearms, marijuana, health care, labor, and tobacco were associated with the risk of dying among working-age adults from 2000 to 2019.
October 25, 2022

Trade liberalization and poverty reduction

Devashish Mitra

"Trade liberalization and poverty reduction," authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, was published in IZA World of Labor.

October 24, 2022

See related: China, India, Labor, Trade

The primary threat: How the surge of ideological challengers is exacerbating partisan polarization

Richard Barton

“The primary threat: How the surge of ideological challengers is exacerbating partisan polarization," authored by Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affair, was published in Party Politics.

October 24, 2022

Upending the New Deal Regulatory Regime: Democratic Party Position Change on Financial Regulation

Richard Barton

"Upending the New Deal Regulatory Regime: Democratic Party Position Change on Financial Regulation," authored by Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Perspectives on Politics.

October 24, 2022

See related: Congress, Political Parties

Institutional Grammar: Foundations and Applications for Institutional Analysis

Saba Siddiki, Christopher K. Frantz

Saba Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, and Christopher Frantz provide a general background on institutional analysis and the institutional grammar (IG) as well as provide a comprehensive overview of a revised version of the IG developed by the authors called the IG 2.0.

October 21, 2022

Appraisal Overvaluation: Evidence of Price Adjustment Bias in Sales Comparisons

Yanling G. Mayer and Frank E. Nothaft
This report, by Yanling G. Mayer, delves into the underlying appraisal development to identify causes of appraisal bias.
October 21, 2022

Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: Cuba and Puerto Rico

Sarah Newstead, Eric Tourigny, Odlanyer Hernández de Lara, Paola A. Schiappacasse

"Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: Cuba and Puerto Rico," co-authored by Ph.D. student Odlanyer Hernández de Lara, was published in Post-Medieval Archaeology.

October 20, 2022

Misperceptions about Refugee Policy

Lamis Abdelaaty, Emily Thorson

"Misperceptions about Refugee Policy," co-authored by political science professors Lamis Abdelaaty and Emily Thorson, was published in American Political Science Review.

October 20, 2022

See related: Refugees, United States

Cities in a Pandemic: Evidence from China

Badi H. Baltagi, Ying Deng, Jing Li, and Zhenlin Yang
October 20, 2022

Water for you and me, or water for us? Regional collaboration in drinking water systems

Kate Albrecht and Jason Michnick

This simulation gives students the opportunity to explore the complexities of drinking water provision governance, as well as relate important aspects of decision-making to the needs of the stakeholders they represent.

October 19, 2022

StopPalu: Advancing Community-focused Fight against Malaria in Guinea

Indu Perpu and Benudhar Sahu
This case is about the implementation of the StopPalu project and explains how collaborative partnership and a community-focused approach were followed to find a solution to the problem of malaria in Guinea.
October 19, 2022

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