PhD dissertation archive

Abarcar, Paolo

Essays on the Economics of International Migration and Return.

Allen IV, James

Essays on Education and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Beam, Emily

Information and Labor Markets in the Philippines.

Broussard, Nzinga Harriet

Essays in Labor and Development Economics.

Crow, Mark

Economic and Social Determinants of Military Labor Supply: Essays on the Effects of Local Labor Market Conditions and the Opioid Crisis and Service in the U.S. Army.

Ferrero, Chiara

Essays in Public Finance and Political Economy.

Fitzpatrick, Anne

Three Essays in Health and Development.

Garlick, Robert

Essays in Development Economics and Econometrics.

Godlonton, Susan

Three Essays on Job Trainee and Employee Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Malawi.

Goldberg, Jessica Ann

Experimental Evidence about Earning, Saving, and Borrowing Money in Rural Malawi.

Goldstein, Daniel Aaron

Three Essays on the Objective Function in Economics.

Hernández, Mónica

The Role of Out of School Factors on Student Performance and Educational Attainment.

Hyman, Joshua

Three Essays on the Economics of Education.

Johnson, Erik Paul

Three Essays in Environmental Economics and Applied Econometrics.

Lim, Katie

Three Essays on Female Self-Employment.

Karol, Stephanie

Three Essays on the Economics of Charity.

Martin, Shawn

Essays on College Majors and the Labor Market.

Mahajan, Parag

Essays on Labor Mobility.

Matsudaira, Jordan D

Three Essays in Education and Labor Economics.

McLaren, Zoe

Essays on Labor Market Outcomes in South Africa.

Montgomery, Nicholas

Essays on Public Finance and Time Use.

Murphy, Daniel

Modeling Demand in International and Macro Economics.

Nunn, Ryan Douglas

Three Essays on Estimation with Unpriced Amenities.

Owen, Stephanie

Essays in the Economics of Education.

Pounder, Laurie

Life-cycle Consumption Examined.

Ratner, David Diamond

Three Essays on the U.S. Labor Market: Macroeconomic Trends and Cycles.

Resch, Alexandra Margaret

Three Essays on Resources in Education.

Streich, Francie

Online Education in Community Colleges: Access, School Success, and Labor-Market Outcomes.

Theoharides, Caroline

Three Essays on the Economics of International Migration.

Thompson, Hope

The Expansion of Renewable Energy Technologies and Their Impact on Household Energy Portfolios and Sustainable Development: A Study Of Nepal.

Toohey, Desmond

Three Essays in the Economics of Unemployment and Aging.

Tulayasathien, Soraphol

Essays on International Taxation.

Walsh, F.G. Elias

Three Essays on the Economics of Education and Labor Economics.

Vaught, Dyanne

Essays in International Trade.

Atwell, Paul

Enduring Disappointment: How Voters' Affective Attachments Sustain Partisan Support in Young Democracies.

Barnes, Carolyn

Political Learning Revisited: How Nonprofit Service Provision Shapes Political Participation Among the Poor.

Beatty, Alison

Cross-National Policy Diffusion in States and Provinces.

Benstead, Lindsay Joy

Does Casework Build Support for a Strong Parliament? Legislative Representation and Public Opinion in Morocco and Algeria.

Bray, Janna

The Local Politics of Muslim Immigration.

Brown, Ashley Reid

Coffee Shop Conversations: An Exploration of How Local Elected Officials Develop and Engage Their Social Networks.

Carr, Sydney

The Right to Bare Arms: Public Opinion, News Media, and Black Women in Politics.

Demessie, Menna Aklilu

Navigating the Boundaries of Blackness: Congressional Caucuses U.S. Foreign Policy and African Affairs.

Ellis, Cali

Trust and Communication in Cross-Border Counterterrorism Networks.

Gause, LaGina

The Advantage of Disadvantage; Legislative Responsiveness to Collective Action by the Politically Marginalized.

Gong, Abe W.

What Theories of Political Participation Can Teach Us about the Blogosphere, and Vice Versa.

Helfstein, Scott Adam

Predispositions and Foreign Policy Surprises: Assessing the Impact of Rational and Biased Beliefs on Strategic Decision-Making.

Hemphill, Portia

Rebel Without a Pause: Discovering the Relationship between Rap Music and the Political Attitudes and Participation of Black Youth.

Howard, Tiffiany Ora

State Pressures and the Forced Migrant: Evaluating Global State Failure in an Effort to Ameliorate the Consequences of Forced Migration in the Developing World.

Kabo, Valenta

The Political Economy of Property Rights: An Examination Into the Components of Land Laws and Their Effects on Politics and Growth.

Katz, Daniel M

Perspectives on Law and Legal Institutions as Complex Adaptive Systems.

Kavanagh, Jennifer Erin

The Dynamics of Protracted Terror Campaigns: Domestic Politics, Terrorist Violence, and Counterterror Responses.

Kostyuk, Nadiya

Public Cyberinstitutions: Signaling State Cybercapacity.

Lee, Jieun

Political Activities of Foreign Multinational Corporations in the United States.

Lerner, Michael

Green Catalysts? The Impact of Transnational Advocacy on Environmental Policy Leadership.

Loftis, Kenyatha Vauthier

Proprietary Threat and the Participation Paradox in Gifted and Talented Education: A Multi-level Mixed Methods Theory of Resource Distribution.

McGee, Heather

Water, International Development and Collective Action: An Impact Assessment of an Irrigation Management Project in Southern Kyrgyzstan.

Okwuje, Ifeoma M F

Analysis of the Contribution of the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women to Women's Rights: Statistical Findings and Country Cases.

Paul, Eitan

Raising Representation? Gender and Village Budgeting Reforms in Indonesia.

Phinney, Robin Linden

Diverse Interest Group Coalitions and Social Welfare Policy in the United States.

Phoenix, Davin

Anger (Mis)Management? Racial Differences in the Emotional Foundations of Political Action.

Potter, Rachel

Writing the Rules of the Game: The Strategic Logic of Agency Rulemaking.

Ravanilla, Nico

Essays in Political Economy and Governance: Lessons from the Philippines.

Ravishankar, Anita

A Pathway to Prosocial Policing? A Framework for Police Behavior and Three Tests of What Works in Police Reform.

Redmond, Sinead

The Impact of the Federal Appellate Courts on State Abortion Policymaking.

Reynolds, Molly

Exceptions to the Rule: Majoritarian Procedures and Majority Party Power in the United States Senate.

Simonelli, Corina

Economic Counterinsurgency: Implications for Political Violence and Foreign Investment.

Stephens, Lafleur Nadiyah

The Effectiveness of Implicit and Explicit Racial Appeals in a "Post-Racial" America.

Teodoro, Manuel P

Bureaucratic Ambition: Professional Careers, Personal Motives, and Policy Innovation.

Tkacheva, Olesya

Federalism and Democratic Consolidation in Russia and Beyond.

Ullah, Haroon K

Tug of Faith: Understanding the Emergence and Success of Islamic Parties.

Alemu, Matthew

Better Than My Father or Better Than His Absence: An Exploration of the Influence of Absentee Fatherhood on the Minds and Lives of Disadvantaged Black Men.

Burland, Elizabeth

Stratification in Educational Decision Making: How Policy Interventions and Student Contexts Shape Inequality.

Cheng, Siwei

Unequal Origins, Unequal Trajectories: Social Stratification over the Life Course.

Cross, Christina

The Color, Class, and Context of Family Structure and Its Association with Children's Educational Performance.

Dinzey, Zaire Zenit

Fighting Crime, Constructing Segregation: Crime, Housing Policy, and the Social Brands of Puerto Rican Neighborhoods.

Fang, Michael

Three Essays on the Relationship Between Social Ties and Mental Health.

Forbes, Melissa Kay

Climate Change 'Resolution:' Dynamics of Shareholder Engagement between U.S. Firms and Investors.

Gillooly, Jessica

"911, Is This an Emergency?": How 911 Call-Takers Extract, Interpret, and Classify Caller Information.

Greenman, Emily Kate

Intersecting Inequalities: Four Essays on Race, Immigration, and Gender in the Contemporary United States.

Grieger, Lloyd Dale

Three Essays Examining the Behavioral and Socioeconomic Transition to Adulthood in the United States and Africa: Evidence from Longitudinal Studies.

Harris, Angel Luis

Do African Americans Really Resist School: An In-Depth Examination of the Oppositional Culture Theory.

Hevenstone, Debra

Labor Market Inequality and Atypical Employment.

Johnson, Maria S

Through a Daughter's Eyes: Understanding the Influence of Black Fathers on Their Daughters' Conceptualizations of Fatherhood and Womanhood.

Killewald, Sasha (Achen)

What Money Buys and Family Costs: Three Papers on the Work-Family Intersection.

King, Katherine E

Biological, Psychosocial, and Social Capital Implications of the Neighborhood Built Environment.

Lewis, Ronald L'Heureux

Educational Inequality in an Affluent Setting: An Exploration of Resources and Opportunity.

Liu, Airan

Family SES, Non-cognitive Skills and Achievement Inequality in Children's Early Life.

Morrell, Erica

The Politics of Food Policy: Knowledge, Power, and Participation in two American Cities.

Paul, Anju Mary

Multinational Maids: Multistate Migration among Aspiring Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers.

Pavelle, Bridget Jennifer

Life Course Transitions and Instability in Health Insurance Coverage.

Peachey, Everett

State Sponsored Political Socialization and Public Diplomacy Exchange Program Outcomes: The Case of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program.

Perez, Anthony D

Muddy Waters: The Fluidity and Complexity of Racial and Ethnic Identification in the U.S.

Pineda, Daniela

A Federal Intervention to Improve Latino College Participation: Evidence from the Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.

Roberts, Christopher Nigel

Exploring Fractures within Human Rights: An Empirical Study of Resistance.

Ross, Karen Elizabeth

Charter Schools and Segregation: The Cases of Michigan and North Carolina.

Seefeldt, Kristin S

Three Essays on Women Low-wage Work and Economic Well-being.

Shapiro, Shoshana

Place, Space, and Flyover States: The Geography of Poverty and the Nonprofit Social Safety Net in America.

Sternthal, Michelle J

The Social Determinants of Health Disparities: The Role of Social and Temporal Contexts.

Turner, Kennedy

On the Battlefield?: Using Cultural Schemas to Navigate the Racial Terrain of College.

Wileden, Lydia

(Mis)Perceiving the Metropolis: The Correlates and Consequences of Imperfect Neighborhood Knowledge.

Wyse, Jessica Jasmine

Race, Gender and the Administration of Justice in a Community Corrections System.

Yarger, Jennifer Lyn Eckerman

Three Essays Examining Social Determinants of Fertility Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from Longitudinal Studies.

Yeh, Jesse

Crime Is Other People: Punitive Consciousness and the Racial Politics of Law-and-Order.

Zelner, Jonathan Leigh

Integrating Social and Biological Processes of Infectious Disease Transmission at Three Levels: Household, Community and Region.