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FOOD INSECURITY, RACE and MARKET DEMAND 

Das, Abhipsita (2022-05-02)
This dissertation includes three essays related to the analysis of the food market from both the consumers’ end and the producers’ end. On the consumption side, I look into the association between food insecurity and ...

Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics 

Cole, Samuel (2023-04-25)  ETD File Embargoed
These three essays relate to various areas of microeconomics, including labor, health, and education economics. In Chapter One, we investigate the relationship between primary care clinic performance and managerial turnover. ...

Three Essays in Labor Economics 

Cowell, Zachary (2023-04-24)
I focus on the task content of work and its effects on labor market outcomes. In Chapter 1, I estimate the impact of an individual’s occupational tasks on decisions to claim disability insurance. I show that changes in the ...

Three Essays on Economics of the Parliaments 

Zhang, Jie (2020-04-22)  ETD File Embargoed
I focus on the economics of the Turkish Parliament. In Chapter One, I estimate the impact of one additional Member of Parliament (MP) representing a province on that province’s economic growth: an extra MP increases the ...

Three Essays On India’s Economic Development Under The British Raj 

Bhattacharjee, Sharbani (2022-07-28)  ETD File Embargoed
“Why isn’t the whole world developed?” is a vital question posed by Richard A. Easterlin in regard to the divergent patterns of growth and development across nations. While addressing the causes of economic underdevelopment ...