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  • The Design of Good Work

    Creator:
    Hattrup, Steven H.
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    Work occupies a considerable amount of time in most peoples’ lives and can be a source of great pleasure or a source of pain. To enhance peoples’ experience at work, we must first understand how to measure and improve the design of work. This research sought to do just that,...
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    Dissertation
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    Steven Henry Hattrup for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering presented on June

  • Using Weather to Explain Variation in State-level Food Insecurity: A Panel Data Approach

    Creator:
    Chatfield, Kristin
    Abstract:
    Most research on U.S. hunger and food insecurity is at the household level, where it occurs. Because policy to address food insecurity is created and implemented at the national and state level, hunger research at the state level provides important contextual information. By including weather data with state level economic...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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      committee, Mark Edwards, Roger Hammer, and especially my chair Bruce Weber: you all have  helped me become a

  • Evaluating the Social Equity Implications of Green Infrastructure for Urban Resilience

    Creator:
    Venable, Victoria
    Abstract:
    As the threat of climate change becomes more imminent and the role of cities in climate adaptation becomes clearer, urban resilience, the ability of a city or urban system to withstand a wide array of shocks and stresses, has gained increasing attention in climate adaptation policy and planning. Critics of...
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    Capstone Project
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    Edwards; Committee member I understand that my thesis will become part

  • Rethinking Welfare-to-Work: A Microsimulation Exploring the Impact of a Working Families Tax Credit on Oregon Poverty

    Creator:
    Richards, Jaxon
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    The State of Oregon possesses a tumultuous relationship with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and currently experiences one of the lowest participation rates in the country despite attempting several policy reforms. The State of Washington has exhibited a comparatively similar relationship. However, it has adopted a distinctive policy supplementation...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    _______________________________________________________________________ Dr. Mark Edwards, Committee member representing Sociology & OSU Policy Analysis Laboratory

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity among college students

    Creator:
    Moore, McKenzie
    Abstract:
    Food insecurity is a common issue among college students in the United States with recent research suggesting that between 10-75% of college students are food insecure. In comparison, an estimated 10.2% of U.S. Households are food insecure. Food insecurity is associated with many negative health outcomes. The purpose of this...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Mark Edwards, Committee Member, representing College of Liberal Arts

  • Retirement-age migration to and from Oregon : who is still on the Oregon Trail?

    Creator:
    Gagnier, Cliff R.
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    Oregon, much like the nation, has historically had a paradoxical relationship to migration. Oregon is famous for the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Oregon Trail. It is, and always has been, greatly affected and inspired by interstate migration yet each successive generation has been less than welcoming to further...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • Decanting values of the environment: A comparative case study in the Willamette Valley’s wine industry

    Creator:
    Cogle, James M.
    Abstract:
    The Oregon wine industry is growing and becoming increasingly valuable to the regional economy. As with many production industries, the wine industry has faced concerns around its environmental practices and community impact. The use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and associated wastewater run-off are a few issues vineyard managers experience....
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    : Denise Lach, representing Sociology Mark Edwards, representing Sociology

  • The Impact of Farmers Market Ownership on Conduct and Performance

    Creator:
    Gantla, Snehalatha
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    Over the last two decades, farmers markets have gained prominence based on their contributions to local economies, support of small-scale farmers, and ability to reconnect consumers and producers of food. Farmers markets vary substantially both in the goals they set and the outcomes they achieve. This study examines whether and...
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    Capstone Project
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    Economics Mark Edwards, representing Sociology Garry Stephenson, representing Crop

  • Relationship Between Education and Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan

    Creator:
    Safdar, Sana
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    Various factors prevent women from entering the labor force, including but not limited to, years of education, fertility conditions, number of children, household work, socioeconomic background, cultural and religious believes. 49% of Pakistan’s population is female and only 20% of the total labor force comprises of women. For a developing...
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    Capstone Project
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  • Relationship Between Education and Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan

    Creator:
    Safdar, Sana
    Abstract:
    Various factors prevent women from entering the labor force, including but not limited to, years of education, fertility conditions, number of children, household work, socioeconomic background, cultural and religious believes. 49% of Pakistan’s population is female and only 20% of the total labor force comprises of women. For a developing...
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    Capstone Project
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