Dissertations / Theses: 'Medical economics – United States'

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Balzer-Carr, Alexander. "United States healthcare the need for a more comprehensive approach /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1442.

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Staines, Amber Irene. "The Effect of Medical Care on Infant Mortality in the United States in the Early 20th Century." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438190193.

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Hayden, Sat Ananda. "Wage Equality among Internationally Educated Nurses Working in the United States." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1079.

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Discrimination against immigrants based on country of origin, gender, or race is known to contribute to wage inequality, lower morale, and decrease worker satisfaction. Healthcare leaders are just beginning to study the impact of gender and race on the wages of internationally educated nurses (IENs). Grounded in Becker's theory of discrimination, this cross-sectional study examined nursing wages for evidence of wage inequality among IENs working in the United States using secondary data collected in the 2008 quadrennial National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. Ordinary least square regression coupled with the Blinder-Oaxaca wage decomposition was used to analyze the wages of 757 IENs working in the U.S. healthcare system. T tests with effect size were calculated to find the impact of gender, race, and country of education on wage. The study found that white male IENs earned higher wages than all other immigrant groups, followed by nonwhite males and nonwhite females (R2 = .143; F(8,748) = 15.60; p =.000;). White female IENs earned the least, at 80%, 88%, and 91% of wages earned by white male, nonwhite male, and nonwhite female IENs, respectively (p < .005). The relationship between hourly wage and being a white female was negative and statistically significant (p = .006) and white females earned 19.6% less per hour than white male IENs. Working in tertiary care contributed 21.60% of wages for white IENs and 10.30% of wages for nonwhite IENs. Inequality in nursing wages was related to an interaction between race and gender for wages of white female IENs but not in wages for nonwhite female IENs. Results of this study promote positive social change by motivating nursing departments to equalize wages and policymakers to strengthen equal pay statutes.

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Drymoussis, Michael. "Globalisation and commercialisation of healthcare services : with reference to the United States and United Kingdom." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/61483/.

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The thesis seeks to interrogate historically the relationship between multinational healthcare service companies and states in the pursuit of market-oriented reforms for healthcare. It constitutes a critical reading of the idea of globalisation as a concept with substantive explanatory value to analyse the causal role of multinational service firms in a commercial transformation in national healthcare service sectors. It analyses the development and expansion of commercial (for-profit) healthcare service provision and financing in the healthcare systems of OECD countries. The hospital and health insurance sectors in the US and UK are analysed as case studies towards developing this critical reading from a more specific national setting. The thesis contributes to developing a framework for analysing the emergence of an international market for trade in healthcare services, which is a recently emerging area of research in the social sciences. As such, it uses an interdisciplinary approach, utilising insights from health policy and international political economy. The research entails a longitudinal study of secondary and primary sources of qualitative data broadly covering the period 1975-2005. I have also made extensive use of quantitative data to illustrate key economic trends that are relevant to the changes in the particular healthcare services sectors analysed. The research finds a substantive shift in the mixed economy of healthcare in which commercial healthcare service provision and financing are increasing. However, while the internationalisation of healthcare service firms is a key element in helping to drive some of this change, the changes are ultimately highly dependent on state-level decision making and regulation. In this context, the thesis argues that globalisation presents an inadequate and potentially misleading conceptual framework for analysing these changes without a historical grounding in the particular developments of national and international markets for healthcare services.

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Dutto, Shannon Marina. "The economic determinants of the rising costs of health care in the United States." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30544.

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Lavelle, Tara. "Examining Health and Economic Outcomes Associated with Pediatric Medical Conditions in the United States." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10450.

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The objective of this dissertation is to estimate the health and economic outcomes associated with two prominent child health conditions: autism spectrum disorder and influenza illness. Chapter 1 derives utility values associated with the health of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents. Our findings suggest that ASD has a large impact on the health-related quality of life of children and their caregivers, and that this impact is influenced by both the child’s specific diagnosis and the severity of their core social communication and repetitive behavior symptoms. Chapter 2 estimates the annual incremental costs associated with caring for a child with ASD from the societal perspective. Our findings suggest that there is a large economic burden both in terms of formal costs (healthcare, school and other direct costs of care) as well as the informal time costs of caregiving. Specifically, the societal costs of caring for this population amounted to $9.1 billion in 2011 alone, highlighting the tremendous financial challenges our society faces in meeting the needs of children with ASD. Chapter 3 uses a decision analytic model to evaluate 1-year clinical and economic outcomes associated with oseltamivir treatment for seasonal influenza in children, and considers the impact of oseltamivir resistance on these findings. Our results indicate that for unvaccinated children who present to their physician’s office with influenza-like symptoms, empiric antiviral treatment with oseltamivir appears to be a cost-effective treatment option. This is particularly true for ill children aged 1 to 12 years, but results are dependent on the prevalence of circulating seasonal influenza viruses that are resistant to oseltamivir.

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Austin, Raymond Edwin. "The changing political economy of hospitals: the emergence of the "business model" hospital." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54762.

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The hospital industry is now in a major transitional phase which is substantially changing its operational values and organizational forms. This transition was triggered primarily by a crisis brought on by rapidly escalating costs. Many forces centering on the cost containment theme are now forging new political and economic operating rules for health care providers. Collectively these forces are bringing about decisive changes in the quality, quantity and structure of health care delivery systems. The result has been the emergence of a new pattern of hospital organization and administration, described here as the business model hospital. This model is driven by incentives and performance criteria wholly different from those of traditional community hospitals. This research describes this new political economy of health care and identifies, via analysis of field interviews, the crucial issues faced by hospital administrators today and specific actions they are taking to adapt to their new environment. The emergence of the business model hospital has many positive attributes but could have adverse consequences for the broader public interest. Emerging public policy issues are discussed and recommendations are made as to how public policy makers may deal with these issues. These recommendations focus on retaining the major benefits of the business hospital model while preserving useful aspects of the community hospital framework.
Ph. D.

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Qureshi, Zaina Parvez. "Market Discontinuation of Pharmaceuticals in the United States." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250572741.

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Yeung, Ka-lam Karen, and 楊嘉琳. "A comparison of the early stages of health care voucher schemes in United States and Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46943936.

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Walts, Lynn Maddox Walker George M. "Patient classification system : an integrated method for measuring nursing intensity and optimizing resource allocation /." See options below, 1992. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=745208811&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=68716&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Jong, G. de. "Causal loops in long-term supply relationships : theory and evidence from the United States, Japan and Europe /." Capelle a/d IJssel : Labyrint, 1999. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=008859460&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Berry, Edmund A. "The Impact of Being Uninsured in the United States on Economic and Humanistic Outcomes: Results from the 2004-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1353154260.

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Palmedo, P. Christopher. "Equality, Trust and Universalism in Europe, Canada and the United States: Implications for Health Care Policy." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1929.

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A number of theoretical explanations seek to describe the factors that have led to the position of the United States as the last industrialized Western nation without a universal health care program. Theories focus on institutional arrangement, historic precedent, and the influence of the private sector and market forces. This study explores another factor: the role of underlying social values. The research examines differences in values among ten European countries, the United States and Canada, and analyzes the associations between the values that have been seen to contribute the individualism-collectivism dynamic in the United States. The hypothesis that equality and generalized trust are positively associated with universalism is only partially true. Equality is positively associated (B = .301, p < .001), while generalized trust is negatively associated with universalism (B = -.052, p < .001). Not only do Americans show lower levels of support for income equality and universalism than Europeans, but the effect of being American holds even after controlling for socio-demographic and religious variables (B = .044, p < .01). When the model tests the association of equality and trust on universalism in each region, it explains approximately 17 percent of the variance of universalism for the United States, and approximately 13 percent in Europe and Canada.

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Olaiya, Samuel T. "Medical cost savings attributable to comprehensive sex education programs that delay coitus and increase condom use among adolescents in the United States." The Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1135888323.

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Dell'Aera, Anthony D. "Prescription drug regulation and the art of the possible : reconciling private interest and public good in American health care policy." View abstract/electronic edition; access limited to Brown University users, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3318305.

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Umlauff, Lisa. "The association of socio-economic determinants, dietary intake, self-perception and weight control behaviours with childhood overweight and obesity : A secondary analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013-2014 among children age 2-19 in the United States." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-324481.

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Background: Risk factors for childhood obesity include unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and lack of knowledge about nutrition and health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential associations between socio-economic determinants, dietary intake, self-perception, weight control behaviours and childhood overweight and obesity. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014 in the United States was examined. The sample included participants age 2-19, whose measured BMI indicated ‘normal weight’ or ‘overweight or obese’. The relationship between socio-economic determinants and dietary intake with BMI status was analysed using multiple logistic regression. Differences in self-perception of weight and associated weight control behaviours in relation to BMI status were examined in a sub-sample of youth age 8-15. Results: School age (6-11 years) and adolescence (12-19 years); Mexican American, Other Hispanic and Black ethnicity; and household size of maximum two persons were significantly associated with increased odds of childhood overweight/obesity, while Asian ethnicity and above-mean household income (>$64,999) showed a protective effect. There was no statistically significant relationship between dietary intake patterns and BMI status. Only 39% of overweight youth age 8-15 identified their weight status correctly. Weight-loss attempts were common among youth, 62% had tried to lose weight in the past year. Conclusion: Significant associations between children’s BMI status and the socio-economic determinants age, ethnicity, household size and income highlight the importance of tailored prevention efforts. Incorrect self-perception of weight and weight control behaviours were common among children and adolescents.

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Sanchez, Phyllis Nancy 1957. "CLIENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND FEE PAYMENT IN A PREDOMINANTLY MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/275461.

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Peters, Candice Marie. "A comparison of the levels of patient staffing ratios and staffing mix to the number of patient falls in an acute care setting." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1314.

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Williams, Melanie L. "Small business organizational support of health promotion programs." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1115737.

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The primary purpose for this study was to investigate small businesses organizational support and interest in health promotion. The research question for this study was, "Are small businesses actively involved with the organizational support of health promotion programs?"A survey was distributed via mail to small businesses in the Lynchburg, Virginia area, with a follow up three weeks later because an appropriate number of surveys had not been returned. The results of this study have provided insight into the current status of worksite wellness programs of businesses with fewer than 250 employees.Small businesses do actively support healthy food and smoking policies at the worksite. Some small businesses provided activities to measure employee health risks. The main issue small businesses deal with are safety/accident prevention. Other health topics are not prevalent in small businesses. Small businesses that had a health promotion program in place offered more programs and awareness materials than those who did not and are actively involved in the organizational support of health promotion programs.
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Kim, Tae Hyun. "An Evaluation of Hospital Capital Investment after the Balanced Budget Act." Also available online at:, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1578.

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Trybula, David Christopher. "Three essays on the economics of military manpower /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Yi, Ch?ung-y?l. "Money demand in the United States /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487780393267002.

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Cann, Joseph Patrick. "Structural Change of the Western United States Alfalfa Hay Market and its Effects of the Western United States Dairy Industry." DigitalCommons@USU, 2014. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2118.

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Alfalfa is the fourth largest commodity grown in the Western U.S., representing 20% of the crop acreage over the past twenty years. In the last five years alfalfa hay price has doubled from what it was previously, indicating a possible structural change in the market. This research project was completed to test for this structural change using econometric analysis of the important demand components of alfalfa price. In addition to this, simulations of an average Utah dairy were completed to examine which ratio of forage crops provided the highest economic return to the operation. To analyze the structural change of the alfalfa hay market milk price, feeder price, commodity price, dairy inventory, alfalfa ending stocks, alfalfa exports, a structural shift dummy variable, and two proxy variables representing costs and quality were regressed, explaining 76% of the variation in alfalfa hay price. A Chow-test of the divided data set provided evidence that a structural change occurred in the alfalfa hay market circa 1994. Percent changes in the independent variables and corresponding changes in alfalfa price were calculated, showing that milk price has the largest influence over alfalfa price. An in-sample forecast showed that the regression was able to predict alfalfa hay price to within an average of $14 of the actual price over the time frame included in the analysis. The simulation of an average Utah dairy was done at three levels of production: 18,300 lbs, 22,500 lbs., and 26,700 lbs. production. Within each level of production the alfalfa to corn silage ratio was varied to represent 25/75, 50/50, and 75/25%, respectively, of the dry matter forage requirement. It was found that return to management was the greatest when alfalfa was 25% of the ration and at the lowest when alfalfa was 75% of the ration at all levels of production.

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Cann, Joseph. "Structural change of the Western United States alfalfa hay market and its effect on the Western United States dairy industry." Thesis, Utah State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1584291.

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ABSTRACT Structural Change of the Western United States Alfalfa Hay Market and its Effect on the Western United States Dairy Industry by Joseph Cann, Master of Science Utah State University, 2014 Major Professor: Dr. Donald Snyder Department: Applied Economics Alfalfa is the fourth largest commodity grown in the Western U.S., representing 20% of the crop acreage over the past twenty years. In the last five years alfalfa hay price has doubled from what it was previously, indicating a possible structural change in the market. This research project was completed to test for this structural change using econometric analysis of the important demand components of alfalfa price. In addition to this, simulations of an average Utah dairy were completed to examine which ratio of forage crops provided the highest economic return to the operation. To analyze the structural change of the alfalfa hay market milk price, feeder price, commodity price, dairy inventory, alfalfa ending stocks, alfalfa exports, a structural shift dummy variable, and two proxy variables representing costs and quality were regressed, explaining 76% of the variation in alfalfa hay price. A Chow-test of the divided data set provided evidence that a structural change occurred in the alfalfa hay market circa 1994. Percent changes in the independent variables and corresponding changes in alfalfa price were calculated, showing that milk price has the largest influence over alfalfa price. An in-sample forecast showed that the regression was able to predict alfalfa hay price to within an average of $14 of the actual price over the time frame included in the analysis. The simulation of an average Utah dairy was done at three levels of production: 18,300 lbs, 22,500 lbs., and 26,700 lbs. production. Within each level of production the alfalfa to corn silage ratio was varied to represent 25/75, 50/50, and 75/25%, respectively, of the dry matter forage requirement. It was found that return to management was the greatest when alfalfa was 25% of the ration and at the lowest when alfalfa was 75% of the ration at all levels of production.

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Lynch, Robert W. "The Canada-United States trade in softwood lumber." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4231.

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The thesis examines a long-standing North American trade dispute. At the centre of the conflict is the allegation by the U.S. softwood lumber industry that low provincial government stumpage fees constitute a subsidy to the Canadian softwood lumber industry. The thesis evaluates the subsidy allegation in the context of the British Columbia forest sector. The amount of Ricardin rent captured by the B.C. forest industry is decisive evidence leading to the conclusion that there is no provincial government subsidy to the softwood lumber industry. The argument is supported by evidence that lower stumpage fees in British Columbia only compensate for high costs in other areas of production. The outcome of the softwood lumber dispute is of critical importance to Canada.

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Dyer, George Lewis. "An analysis of peacetime medical workload and staffing : should medical readiness be viewed through a peacetime lens?" Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FDyer.pdf.

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Wirtshafter, Jasper F. "Are United States Anti-Polygamy Laws Efficient?" Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1461327744.

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Shamshak, Gina Louise. "Economics of bluefin tuna aquaculture in the United States /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2009. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3368006.

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Wenzl, Andrew J. "Wealth, consumption, and regional economic development in the United States /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5621.

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Choi, Seok Joon. "Three essays on agent behavior in United States housing market." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Sandvick, Clinton Matthew. "Enforcing Medical Regulation in the United States 1875 to 1915." Thesis, Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/7783.

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Meyers, Nicholas A. "An economic analysis of investment in the United States shipbuilding industry." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Jun/10Jun_Meyers.pdf.

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Theses (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2010.
Advisor(s): Nussbaum, Daniel A. ; San Miguel, Joseph G. "June 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 16, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Shipbuilding, economics, multiplier, investment, economic return, funding of alternative investments, use of taxpayer dollars, economic analysis, ships, lifecycle, manufacturing economic return, economic stimulus, stimulus, recession, Navy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-71). Also available in print.

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Senteri, Zulkifli Bin. "An econometric analysis of the United States palm oil market." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392718329.

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Weber, Matthew August. "Riparian Valuation in the Southwestern United States." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195121.

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This research documents the societal worth of riparian resources in the Southwestern United States. Two case studies are developed for this inquiry, the first being Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness in Southern Arizona, an area containing one of the last perennial streams in the Sonoran Desert bioregion. A hiking use value per visitor-day is estimated via the Travel Cost Method at $25.06 and $17.31 (2003 dollars) respectively for two access sites. I hypothesize the value discrepancy to indicate a premium for remote recreation. These valuation results compare well with other published recreational use value estimates, though it is the only valuation study associated with instream recreation in the Sonoran Desert of which I am aware. Indeed the environmental valuation literature is thin for the desert region in any respect.The second case study values public restoration preferences for the Albuquerque reach of the Rio Grande in Central New Mexico. A Choice Experiment and Contingent Valuation are employed within an original survey instrument to estimate human values for various restoration strategies planned for the region. Through focus groups and stakeholder interactions four restoration attributes were defined: vegetation density; tree type; fish and wildlife population; and natural river processes. Quantified values for Albuquerque area households were estimated for each restoration attribute level of change, allowing construction of total benefits anticipated for various restoration scenarios considered for the region. This research is at the vanguard of quantifying human benefit for saltcedar control, and this particular restoration characteristic was the most highly valued of all, at $59.03 per household per year. Full restoration was valued at $156.60 per household per year. These results have meaning beyond the study area since river restoration efforts are increasing across the Western US, with many focusing on controlling saltcedar, an exotic invasive plant.The final phase of this research integrates riparian valuation concepts within a dynamic simulation framework to guide systems-level riparian management. Control variables are combined with known valuation pathways to predict riparian investment funding optimal in benefit-cost ratio. The model is built for the Middle Rio Grande in Albuquerque, however it was designed for easy adaptation to other Southwestern riparian areas. A detailed forest module is included, through which seven defined forest stocks may be managed through thinning, clearing, and revegetation. River management may occur through environmental river flow releases, reconstructing stream-overbank connections, and wetland construction. Recreational amenities may be improved through the four infrastructure categories of trails, toilet facilities, picnic areas, and parking areas. Benefits and costs are estimated through original research and region benefit transfer, and tracked for different investment scenarios to predict the highest-return strategies over a 100 year planning horizon. A sensitivity analysis is used to suggest areas of future research.

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Contreras, Sergio. "Regional electricity demand in the United States." To access this resource online via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses @ UTEP, 2008. http://0-proquest.umi.com.lib.utep.edu/login?COPT=REJTPTU0YmImSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2515.

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Barron, Kevin M. "United States defense policy and the future." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91165.

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A return to the principles of globalism, strong anticommunism, and containment does not appear to be in the best interests of the United States at the present time. The priorities of this administration, a resolve to reassert American global leadership, protect interests worldwide, and contain the Soviet Union are predicated on principles of hegemony and preponderance that were short-lived and are now long gone. The United States is no longer the only viable political and economic leader as once was the case. Through the post-war reconstruction and revitalization engineered by the United States, Japan, West Germany, South Korea as well as many other nations have become economic rivals if not superiors (as is the case with Japan in many sectors). Yet, the defense policies of the Reagan administration take into account neither the diminished ability of the United States to enforce order in the world system, as evinced in an independent European Community and the existence of OPEC, nor the reluctance of the members of the system itself to continue as pawns in a"'grand strategy"' of a U.S.-dominated world order. The present decentralized structure of power and the beneficial relationships this structure now holds for previously subserviant nations who now need not rely on the United States as"'world benefactor"' are factors that mitigate the impact of U.S. leadership.
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Bootman, Sharon Marie Mariscal 1953. "The licensing and certification of interior designers in the United States." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278097.

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The intent of this investigation is to explore the issues related to the licensing and certification of interior designers in the United States. To achieve this, the national organizations in the field of interior design were contacted to provide information about the status of licensure on the national scene. Those organizations are: the American Society of Interior Designers; the Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research; the Institute of Business Designers; the Interior Design Educators Council, Inc.; the International Society of Interior Designers; the National Council for Interior Design Qualification; and, the National Legislative Coalition for Interior Design. In addition, an in-depth examination of the requirements of the states of California and New Mexico, and the District of Columbia provide a comparison of three different legislative programs currently in operation. This study also examines the conflicts between the fields of interior design and architecture in the context of the licensing of interior designers.

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Chon, Yong-dok. "The determinants of Korean foreign direct investment in the United States /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148759874801801.

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White, William J. "An unsung hero : the farm tractor's contribution to twentieth-century United States economic growth /." Connect to resource, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1261318774.

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Ryskulova, Eldana. "How do Foreign-Born Individuals Choose Their Majors in the United States?" Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1620591842825322.

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Jensen, Michael C. "Regulation and Energy Poverty in the United States." DigitalCommons@USU, 2017. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6902.

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Energy poverty is a topic often neglected in the discussion about global climate change. Apocalyptic prophecies about the negative future effects of climate change ignore the suffering of people around the globe whose lives could be drastically improved with access to reliable sources of energy. Though energy poverty from a global perspective is much more serious than energy poverty from a domestic perspective, high home energy bills are a serious cause for concern for many Americans. This research examines the relationship between regulation, the prices of electricity and natural gas, and the household energy burden, which is the ratio of household energy expenditures to household income. Where the household energy burden exceeds six percent of household income, households are at the brink of living with a high household energy burden. High household energy burdens can become a generational poverty trap, so understanding what contributes to a high household energy burden may help decision makers determine how to proceed when shaping energy-related and poverty-related policy.

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Mahdi, Taalib-Din N. "Utilization of the family medical leave act: A case study." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2462/.

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American businesses have confronted a changing world economy marked by increasing competition , technological innovation, and instability. Many more women have entered the labor force. Many families' caregiving needs are now being met by family members who also are holding down jobs. This, in turn, has fueled the rising need among employees for workplace policies that enable them to meet the often competing demands of job and home. In 1993, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA of the Act) to provide a national policy that supports families in their efforts to strike a workable balance between the competing demands of the workplace and the home. The objective of this study is to examine the amount of FMLA lost time at one particular company in order to determine a demographic and job characteristic profile of employees who take time away from their jobs for reasons that are protected by the Act.

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Raggett, Charlotte. "The economics of extracting ethane in Alberta versus the United States." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ31304.pdf.

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Susaeta, Larrain Andres Ignacio. "Economics of forest biomass based bioenergy in the southern United States." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0041024.

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Özden-Schilling, Canay. "Economy electric : techno-economics, neoliberalism, and electricity in the United States." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104559.

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Thesis: Ph. D. in History and Social Study of Science and Technology (HASTS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Science, Technology and Society, 2016.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-285).
This dissertation is a study of emergent economic forms of life. It investigates recent remakings of economic existence and modes of disseminating these forms of life, and does so with particular reference to the crafting of electricity markets in the United States. It draws on more than a year of fieldwork among experts and users involved in electricity exchange. The experts and users among whom I conducted participant observation include computer programmers who assist companies that trade in electricity markets by collecting information and making trading suggestions, electrical engineers who design new infrastructures such as electricity markets for buying and selling electricity in bulk, psychologists and social scientists who study people's electricity consumption behavior to generate economic technologies to save money to users and providers of electricity, and citizen groups based in West Virginia and rural Illinois that organize against electricity markets' exclusion of consumers from decision-making mechanisms. Bringing questions of economic anthropology to bear upon the emergent literature of the anthropology of infrastructures, I propose that new economic forms of existence often come to being though infrastructure building and maintenance. For the last 20 years, experts of diverse technical backgrounds have been reprogramming the electric grid to allow for enhanced calculative choice and competition - principles at the core of the neoliberal agenda. I demonstrate that people who do not necessarily concern themselves with the formal study of economics often take the lead in creating and propagating wide-ranging economic emergent forms of life, such as neoliberalism, across the social field. To zero in on their work, I develop the concept of "techno-economics": an approach that understands commodities, whether they are living nonhumans such as livestock or inorganic processes like electricity, as more than passive receptacles of human design, and locates humans within their efforts to commoditize and marketize unruly objects, like electricity - a commodity that cannot be stored in warehouses or shipped on highways. Anthropological studies of the techno-economic, I suggest, are best equipped to make connections in ethnographic representation between otherwise disparate nodes of social life, like expertise and wires, law and steel, and finally, economics and electricity.
by Canay Özden-Schilling.
Ph. D. in History and Social Study of Science and Technology (HASTS)

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Almojel, Suliman. "Characteristics of United States Seafood Consumers." UKnowledge, 2016. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/agecon_etds/38.

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In this thesis, I conducted an analysis of the consumption patterns associated with demographic and socio-economic characteristics, using Tobit and double-hurdle models. Data were collected for 11,574 households from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year of 2014. Specific determinants included household size, age, income, gender, education, race, region, marital status, and whether the household lived in a coastal state. The results reveal that seafood expenditures are sequential decisions. Asian racial groups, households headed by married couples, a large number of members in households, higher income households, and households residing in the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts were variables that significantly impacted seafood expenditures.

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Sweatt, Susan G. "The United States/Japan responsibility sharing for the Marine Corps forces." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA242079.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.
Thesis Advisor(s): Jones, Lawrence R. ; Summers, Donald E. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 1, 2010. DTIC Descriptor(s): Military Forces(United States), Department Of Defense, Marine Corps, United States, Defense Systems, Theses, Japan, Reduction, Costs, History, Background DTIC Identifier(s): Marine Corps Operations, Economics, United States, Japan, Military Budgets, National Defense, Joint Military Activities, Defense Costs, Theses, GOJ(Government Of Japan) Author(s) subject terms: Responsibility Sharing, Burden Sharing. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54). Also available in print.

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Chery, Joseph Erol. "Adjusting to random demands of patient care : a predictive model for nursing staff scheduling at Naval Medical Center San Diego /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Sept/08Sep%5FChery.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008.
Thesis Advisor(s): Fricker, Ronald D. "September 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on November 5, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-46). Also available in print.

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Johnson, Kyle. "Regional Determinants of the Gender Pay Gap in the United States." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1381.

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The persisting gap between male and female wages in the United States offers a seemingly unusual disconnect between what is observed in the data and what is suggested by labor economics theory. Many authors have used aggregate or case methods to attempt to explain this gap. One characteristic of the earnings gap which has rarely been discussed is the large variation in female earnings as a percentage of male earnings by state. Why would median female earnings be 65% of male earnings in Louisiana while being 87% of median male earnings in New York? In this paper, using yearly Census data, I first find that the wage gap varies widely by state even when controlled for traditional determinants of wages and the gender pay gap. Then, deriving new variables to represent this controlled variation, I further find evidence that several state-specific characteristics represented by cross-section data explain a large portion of the controlled variation in gender pay gap by state. I conclude that the variables representing the structure of state economies as well as key measures of ideology and gender-related attitudes by state are significant determinant factors in why we see so much geographic variation in the gender pay gap.

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Chen, Jenille P. "The Ongoing War On Poverty in the United States: Program Evaluation of Job Corps." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/744.

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In January of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson introduced programs to provide education, health, jobs and economic opportunities to those who economically disadvantaged. Job Corps is one of the many programs established under his “War on Poverty.” In this paper, I will be looking at the relevant areas of research studying the impacts of Job Corps on participants and society. I will also evaluate the effects of the existing economic situations within the county on the earnings and job placement of the participants.

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