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Religion And Subjective Well-Being Among China’S Elderly Population, Philip H. Brown, Brian Tierney
Religion And Subjective Well-Being Among China’S Elderly Population, Philip H. Brown, Brian Tierney
Working Papers in Economics
Evidence from developed and developing countries alike demonstrates a strongly positive relationship between religiosity and happiness, particularly for women and particularly among the elderly. Using survey data from the oldest old in China, we find a strong negative relationship between religious participation and subjective well-being in a rich multivariate logistic framework that controls for demographics, health and disabilities, living arrangements and marital status, wealth and income, lifestyle and social networks, and location. In contrast to other studies, we also find that religion has a larger effect on subjective well-being on men than women.
Candidate Quality And Voter Response In U.S. House Elections, Walter J. Stone, Nathan J. Hadley, Rolfe D. Peterson, Cherie D. Maestas, L. Sandy Maisel
Candidate Quality And Voter Response In U.S. House Elections, Walter J. Stone, Nathan J. Hadley, Rolfe D. Peterson, Cherie D. Maestas, L. Sandy Maisel
Working Papers in Economics
We propose and test the implications of a two-dimensional concept of candidate quality in U.S. House elections. Strategic quality is composed of the skills and resources necessary to wage an effective campaign; personal quality is composed of the characteristics most ordinary citizens value in their leaders and representatives, such as personal integrity and dedication to public service. We employ district informants in studies of the 1998 and 2002 congressional elections to measure these qualities in candidates, and we merge mass survey data with the district informant indicators to assess constituents’ awareness and evaluation of House candidates, and voting choice. We …
Media Coverage And Charitable Giving After The 2004 Tsunami, Philip H. Brown, Jessica H. Minty
Media Coverage And Charitable Giving After The 2004 Tsunami, Philip H. Brown, Jessica H. Minty
Working Papers in Economics
Media coverage of humanitarian crises is widely believed to influence charitable giving, yet this assertion has received little empirical scrutiny. Using Internet donations after the 2004 tsunami as a case study in a tobit framework, we show that media coverage of disasters increases charitable donations, with an additional minute of nightly news coverage increasing donations by 0.036 standard deviations from the mean. We repeat the analysis using instrumental variables in a tobit model to account for endogeneity, and the estimates are unchanged. We also show that the magnitude and sign of media impact vary by news source and relief agency.
Be The Change You Wish To See: National Attiudes And Climate Change Policy, Emilia Tjernstrom
Be The Change You Wish To See: National Attiudes And Climate Change Policy, Emilia Tjernstrom
Senior Scholar Papers
A multitude of views characterize what should or should not be done about climate change, and in the past decades, nations have acted very differently in the face of climate change. This study explores factors that affect individuals' attitudes and concerns towards the environment and how those attitudes ultimately affect climate change policy. One model investigates the link between individual attitudes and countries' actions on climate change, and the results show that attitudes indeed matter in the implementation of policy. Different measures of democracy such as freedom of the press also prove to be important as channels for these attitudes. …
The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila
The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Faculty Scholarship
A few things the author learned about students and research when she audited classes on her campus as part of her sabbatical.
Globalization, Agency, And Institutional Innovation: The Rise Of Public-Private Partnerships In Global Governance, Liliana B. Andonova
Globalization, Agency, And Institutional Innovation: The Rise Of Public-Private Partnerships In Global Governance, Liliana B. Andonova
Working Papers in Economics
Public and private actors increasingly cooperate in global governance, a realm previously reserved for states and intergovernmental organizations (IOs). This trend raises fascinating theoretical questions. What explains the rise in public-private institutions and their role in international politics? Who leads such institutional innovation and why? To address the questions, this paper develops a theory of the political demand and supply of public-private institutions and specifies the conditions under which IOs and non-state actors would cooperate, and states would support this public-private cooperation. The observable implications of the theoretical argument are evaluated against the broad trends in public-private cooperation and in …
The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila
The Other Side Of The Podium: Student Information Needs From Inside The Classroom, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Marilyn R. Pukkila
A few things the author learned about students and research when she audited classes on her campus as part of her sabbatical.
Meeting The Standards: An Analysis Of Eight Grade Educational Assesment Test Scores In Maine, Michael Donihue, Joseph Mattos, Caroline Theoharides, Charlotte Tiffany
Meeting The Standards: An Analysis Of Eight Grade Educational Assesment Test Scores In Maine, Michael Donihue, Joseph Mattos, Caroline Theoharides, Charlotte Tiffany
Working Papers in Economics
This paper examines the impact of socioeconomic factors on eighth grade achievement test scores in the face of federal and state initiatives for educational reform in Maine. We use student-level data over a five year period to provide a framework for understanding the policy implications of these initiatives. We model performance on standardized tests using a seemingly unrelated regressions approach and then determine the likelihood of meeting the standards defined by the adequate yearly progress requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act and Maine Learning Results initiatives. Our results indicate that the key factors influencing a student’s test scores …
Monitoring Surface Displacement Of The Colby Green Retaining Pond Dams, John Goss
Monitoring Surface Displacement Of The Colby Green Retaining Pond Dams, John Goss
Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)
The Colby Green is a campus expansion project which began in October of 2003. The construction would result in three new buildings, additional parking, and an elliptical 75,000-squarefoot green southeast of Mayflower Hill Drive. There were also plans for the construction of three run-off management and sediment ponds below the green, to manage flooding of the green. Three drains in the green transport water to the three retaining ponds which slowly disperse water into the surrounding environment. The ponds were created by constructing earthen dams around the drain outlets. The dams are composed of soil, cobbles, and boulders procured from …
Differences In The Effects Of Social Context On Emotional Responding, Cheryl L. Hahn, Yulia E. Chentsova Dutton
Differences In The Effects Of Social Context On Emotional Responding, Cheryl L. Hahn, Yulia E. Chentsova Dutton
Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)
This study compares the effects of social cues on emotional experiences of men and women. Literature suggests that emotional responses are influenced by the presence and expressiveness of other individuals (Hess, Banse, & Kappas, 1995; Jacobs, Manstead, & Fischer, 2001; Fridlund, 1991). We examined whether social cues influence the experience of emotions differently for men and women. Research on gender differences in self-construal (Cross & Madson, 1997) led us to expect that women’s own emotional reactions would be more sensitive to emotional cues from other individuals than men’s.
Upregulation Of Sadness During Films, Margaret Jackson, Daniel Oscar, Kathryn Rooney
Upregulation Of Sadness During Films, Margaret Jackson, Daniel Oscar, Kathryn Rooney
Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)
Testing the relative effectiveness of reappraisal and exaggeration in upregulating sadness.
The Perceptions Of Pornography On Colby College Campus, Jessica Seymour, Elizabeth Wyckoff
The Perceptions Of Pornography On Colby College Campus, Jessica Seymour, Elizabeth Wyckoff
Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)
No abstract provided.
Media Coverage And Disaster Relief: Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words?, Jessica H. Minty
Media Coverage And Disaster Relief: Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words?, Jessica H. Minty
Honors Theses
This paper analyzes the effect of media coverage on donations made to relief agencies. Specifically, this empirical analysis examines the effect of the daily volume of domestic newspaper and television coverage devoted to the December 26, 2004 tsunami on daily web donations to U.S. relief agencies. Media coverage, as measured by daily newspaper word and picture counts and by daily total television minutes positively affects the amount of donations relief agencies receive. In addition, media coverage is found to have a greater effect on donations for some agencies than for others.
Role Of Home Equity In Retirement Saving: Building Your Nest (Egg), Caroline Theoharides
Role Of Home Equity In Retirement Saving: Building Your Nest (Egg), Caroline Theoharides
Honors Theses
This study examines the role of home equity in retirement saving. Using data from the 2001 and 2003 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study first updates the existing literature by regressing active saving on real housing capital gains using median regression techniques. Consistent with the literature, an increase in housing capital gains results in a decrease in active saving. While the active saving literature provides an initial analytical framework regarding saving behavior and home equity, the demographic shift in the U.S. due to the imminent retirement of the baby boomers indicates that the impact of changes in home equity …
Exploring Opportunity In America: Immigrant Entrepreneurship And Rags To Riches Success, Anna Erdheim
Exploring Opportunity In America: Immigrant Entrepreneurship And Rags To Riches Success, Anna Erdheim
Honors Theses
The United States is, indeed, a land of vast opportunity. A diverse group of individuals continually benefit from the prospects provided by this inherently free nation. Although some constraints in America have prevented people from realizing their ultimate potentials, this nation offers immense possibilities overall to progress socially, economically, and culturally. America allows for people of all socioeconomic, religious, racial, and ethnic backgrounds to take full advantage of the various opportunities offered by this mainly egalitarian land. I will demonstrate how various people have emerged from disadvantaged circumstances to succeed in the United States. In America, the majority of successful …
Assisted Living: The Politics Of Medicaid And Medicare, Sarah Lim
Assisted Living: The Politics Of Medicaid And Medicare, Sarah Lim
Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)
In this paper I examine the structure of the current assisted living industry in order to explain how and why it is appealing and effective, as well as look at its limitations. I discuss the politics of Medicaid and Medicare, and how through these programs the federal and state governments are failing to provide adequate care for the nation’s senior population. Like the rest of our health care system, these two public health insurance systems are fragmented, and consequently, financing long-term care is complicated and insufficient. Ultimately, this paper will function as a policy report and I will propose: standardized …
Marketing Social Change: A Comparative Historical And Methodological Analysis Of Anti-Smoking Endeavors, Jessica Stathis
Marketing Social Change: A Comparative Historical And Methodological Analysis Of Anti-Smoking Endeavors, Jessica Stathis
Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)
Even though assessing social marketing endeavors proves to be challenging, evaluators can learn from previous campaigns and identify which facets of social marketing events, programs and campaigns need to be improved. Additionally, by analyzing social movements and evaluating how they connect to social marketing, we can gain a clearer view on ways to ameliorate the field of social marketing. As social marketing becomes increasingly sophisticated and similar to commercial marketing, there is hope that social marketing can yield higher rates of success in the future. Friend and Levy (2002) claimed that it was nearly impossible to compare social marketing endeavors …
Non-Adherence: A Symptom Of The Current Health Care Model, Margaret Duggan
Non-Adherence: A Symptom Of The Current Health Care Model, Margaret Duggan
Honors Theses
This paper aims to provide a systematic review of the discourse surrounding patient adherence in an effort to illustrate the extent of the problem, how it is framed, and how intervention is currently approached. The paper begins with a general review of adherence, to ground the reader in the current discourse. The next section of the paper will focus specifically on adherence through the lens of HIV/AIDS. Since HIV/AIDS treatment and adherence to antiretroviral drugs is pertinent to adherence issues due to the complexity and lifelong duration of treatment. Furthermore, adherence with HIV/AIDS medications is particularly important due to the …