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Interconnection Standards As Policy Innovations: An Event History Analysis
(Georgetown University, 2012)
At this time in our nation's history, which is characterized by an increasingly polarized and slow moving Congress, many American states have taken important policy steps to diversify their energy supply, encourage local ...
Does Mexico's Seguro Popular Afford Equal Healthcare Access to Indigenous Peoples?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Seguro Popular was part of a major reform to Mexico's healthcare system enacted in 2003. Essentially, it was designed so that Mexico could attain universal health coverage. The 2003 reform that created Seguro Popular ...
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: RED DE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL AND MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION IN NICARAGUA
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have been steadily gaining popularity as a policy tool for alleviating poverty through a cash benefit and conditions promoting human capital acquisition for children in order to ...
Is work in the agricultural sector more hazardous for child laborers in Ghana than work in other sectors?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
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The Effect of Human Capital on FDI Inflows: Evidence form Internationally Standardized Testing
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Few empirical studies have been conducted to support the argument that countries with stronger human capital attract more foreign direct investment. Where available, these studies use quantitative measures of education ...
Is China's Outward FDI Politically Driven?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
To capture the invisible political considerations underlying China's outward foreign direct investment in the new millennium, this study embeds a new component - the bilateral diplomatic relationship, into the traditional ...
The DC Healthcare Alliance and Access to Care: The effect of increased insurance coverage and a dispersed safety net on access to healthcare in the District of Columbia
(Georgetown University, 2012)
In 2001, the District of Columbia (DC) fundamentally changed its system of safety-net healthcare. The District closed its public hospital; created an insurance program for low-income residents, the DC Healthcare Alliance; ...
Violence and Religious Conviction, Strength, and Influence: Do Countries with Strong Religious Beliefs and Higher Religious Participation Rates Experience Higher Rates of Violent Crime?"
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper analyzes the relationship between violent crime and the intensity of religious beliefs across countries. In particular, it examines whether religion in itself or its provided opportunity to help its congregations ...
Social and Financial Supports: The Effect on Saving in Individual Development Accounts
(Georgetown University, 2011)
The mission of the federal Assets for Independence (AFI) program is to help low-income families improve their financial literacy and acquire long-term assets by saving in special matched savings accounts called individual ...
The Location of Government-Assisted Affordable Housing: factors influencing recent siting decisions in Florida
(Georgetown University, 2010)
This thesis builds on prior literature by examining the impact of various factors on the location of new privately-owned, publicly-subsidized affordable housing in Florida. This thesis reports the results of three probit ...