Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Getting through the Winter and Catching Up: Emergency Assistance and Rural Livelihoods in Tillamook County, Oregon

Creator:: Hickman, Rose
Abstract:: Large-scale safety-net programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have been shown to alleviate the negative effects of low-wage jobs and unemployment on poor American households. However, less is known about the role of “emergency” safety net programs, such as rental...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Catching Up: Emergency Assistance and Rural Livelihoods in Tillamook County, Oregon by Rose Hickman

Short-Run Tax Incidence when there is Stockpiling: Evidence from Oregon Marijuana

Creator:: Khan, Muhammad Salar
Abstract:: Tax incidence involves the study of the pass-through rate of a tax. For example, does a 1 percent increase in a sales tax on a commodity cause the consumer price to go up by exactly 1 percent (full-shifting), less than 1 percent (under-shifting), or more than 1 percent (over-shifting). Theoretical...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: consumers rose from 0 % to 25 %. This research aims to determine the impact of 25 % tax on the retail

The Dynamics of Work, Poverty, and Business Cycles: An Analysis of Oregon Households Receiving Food Assistance

Creator:: Porter, Suzanne
Abstract:: Oregon’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) (formerly called Food Stamps) rose by 33% between October 2008 and October 2009 as the economy went into recession and the unemployment rate increased. The percentage of Oregon’s overall population receiving SNAP benefits increased from 11.8% in July 2005 to 16.3% in July 2009. With...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Oregon’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) (formerly called Food Stamps) rose by 33% between

Muscle & money : determining the relationship between occupational physical demands and individual earning power

Creator:: O'Neill, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: Women are economically disadvantaged in most U.S. labor markets, demonstrated by a persistent gender wage gap. The relative wage discrepancy can be understood as a result of labor market conditions, human capital investments, and gender discrimination. To determine if the wage gap could be decreased, I use classical regression modeling...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: individual’s wage (Blau, Ferber & Winkler, 2006; Rose & Hartmann, 2004; Frome, Alfeld, Eccles & Barber, 2006

Irrational Fear or Cause for Concern? The Effects of Hispanic Immigration on Crime Rates in Tucson, Arizona

Creator:: Algara, Carlos
Abstract:: The popular perception, throughout the United States of America, is that there is a positive relationship between recent immigration and crime. The more immigration in an urbanized setting, the more violent crime occurs. Crime is socially constructed to be associated with large influxes of “outsiders” into the community. America has...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: activity does not occur in a vacuum; rather it occurs in the absence of effective social controls (Rose

Bullying Victimization and Substance Use among Adolescents: Using Strain Theory to Examine Patterns across Gender, Race, and Mental Health Status

Creator:: Beck, Kendra G.
Abstract:: A growing body of research has connected bullying victimization to a number of risk factors in adolescents, including substance use. The current study utilizes Agnew’s revised strain theory as a theoretical framework to examine this relationship, as well as patterns of substance use across gender, race, and mental health status....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: - esteem, and anxiety) (Priesman et al., 2018; Tharp-Taylor et al., 2009; Strohacker et al., 2021; Rose

Evaluating the Public Cost, Relative Subsidy, and Repayment Burden of Selected U.S. Student Loan Repayment Options

Creator:: Hauser, Daniel C.
Abstract:: American students are graduating from college averaging tens of thousands of dollars in debt, leading to substantial repayment burdens and potentially inefficient shifts in spending patterns and career choices. A political trend towards austerity coupled with the rising student debt make effective allocation of federal higher education resources a high...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ; Carnevale, Rose, & Cheah, 2012). One estimate by U.S. Census Bureau researcher Tiffany Julian (2012

Twentieth Century Labor Policy and Union Decline: A Time Series Analysis

Creator:: Beaston, Ryan
Abstract:: Union density in the United States has declined to historic lows over the past four decades. In 1954, nearly 35 percent of workers were union members while only 11 percent of workers were members of unions in 2015. Simultaneously, economic inequality widened, with one-third to one-fifth of this increase attributed...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: state and municipal government employees in the 1970s, unionization in the public sector rose to and

Unsubstantiated fears : assessing the effects of recent immigration on part I index crimes

Creator:: Stansfield, Richard
Abstract:: In this paper I examine the impact of recent immigration, in addition to other community predictors on community counts of violent and property crimes in Austin, Texas, a multi-ethnic city. I combine data from the 2000 US census of population and housing with census tract level uniform crime report data...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , Lee, and Martinez 2005; Peterson and Krivo 2005; Rose and McClain 1998) necessitating analyses of

Electrified: What Twitter Data Can Tell Us About Public Energy Discussions

Creator:: Osborne-Gowey, Jeremiah
Abstract:: Researchers and policy-makers interested in assessing public communication to better inform the decision-making process are increasingly utilizing data harvested from social media. Twitter is one of the largest online sources of near-instantaneous information about a myriad of topics socially relevant in the public sphere. Renewable energy (RE) is a socially...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . McCombs et al., 2014) while 3) also creating/shaping public opinion in powerful ways (Anastasio, Rose

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Getting through the Winter and Catching Up: Emergency Assistance and Rural Livelihoods in Tillamook County, Oregon

Short-Run Tax Incidence when there is Stockpiling: Evidence from Oregon Marijuana

The Dynamics of Work, Poverty, and Business Cycles: An Analysis of Oregon Households Receiving Food Assistance

Muscle & money : determining the relationship between occupational physical demands and individual earning power

Irrational Fear or Cause for Concern? The Effects of Hispanic Immigration on Crime Rates in Tucson, Arizona

Bullying Victimization and Substance Use among Adolescents: Using Strain Theory to Examine Patterns across Gender, Race, and Mental Health Status

Evaluating the Public Cost, Relative Subsidy, and Repayment Burden of Selected U.S. Student Loan Repayment Options

Twentieth Century Labor Policy and Union Decline: A Time Series Analysis

Unsubstantiated fears : assessing the effects of recent immigration on part I index crimes

Electrified: What Twitter Data Can Tell Us About Public Energy Discussions

Limit your search

Academic Affiliation

Advisor

Commencement Year

Committee Member

Creator

Date

Decade

Degree Field

Degree Level

Degree Name

File Format

Language

License

Peer Reviewed

Resource Type

Rights Statement

Subject

Search Constraints

Search Results

Limit your search