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Does a country's inflation rate influence the possibility of its involvement in a foreign policy crisis?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
DOES A COUNTRY'S INFLATION RATE INFLUENCE THE
The Motherhood Wage Penalty: The Role of Occupation & Postponing Pregnancy
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Prior studies demonstrate the existence of a wage penalty for mothers versus women who never have children. This study uses data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to investigate whether women who become ...
INCOME INEQUALITY AND CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS IN ASIA
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Reducing CO2 emissions and poverty are two of the greatest challenges in Asia. Previous studies focus on how income levels affect CO2 emissions, which follow an inverted U-shape curve known as "Environmental Kuznets Curve". ...
Demography and Productivity: The Effect of Labor Force Composition by Age and Gender
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Demographic composition is changing rapidly throughout the world. While ageing population is a global phenomenon, the speed of the change is much faster in developed countries than developing countries, which affects the ...
The Impact of State-Level Modernization Efforts on Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper examines the effect of modernization efforts available to the States on participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The 2002 and 2008 Farm Bills outlined and enacted several measures ...
The Rise of Shale Gas: Implications of the shale gas boom for natural gas markets, environmental protection and U.S. energy policy
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Through the processes of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, once overlooked deposits of natural gas in shale formations have become economically viable to extract. In the past decade, energy companies have rushed ...
The Impact of Real Exchange Rate Undervalaution on the Export Performance of Upper Middle Income Countries between 1992 and 2007
(Georgetown University, 2012)
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The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases between 2007 and 2009 on Teen Employment
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper analyzes the employment effects of minimum wage increases at the federal level between 2007 and 2009 among U.S. teenage workers (ages 16-19). Using the pooled cross-sectional data from the Current Population ...
MATERNAL NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES: AN ANALYSIS OF NUTRITION PROMOTERS IN A MOZAMBIQUE ORANGE-FLESHED SWEET POTATO INTERVENTION
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Between 2006 and 2009, biofortified Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP), rich in Vitamin A, was used in the Reaching End Users (REU) nutrition intervention in Zambezia Province, Mozambique, where there are high levels of ...
EFFECT OF INCOME INEQUALITY ON HOUSEHOLDS' DESIRE TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS IN THE UNITED STATES
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper shows that, consistent with Veblen's signaling-by-consuming model, rising income inequality contributes to an increase in household conspicuous consumption. We use the Consumer Expenditures Survey (CEX) and ...