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Rental Market Discrimination in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
It is generally accepted that households in the Housing Choice Voucher program (HCV) encounter discrimination when searching for private market units. Observational research suggests that households and program administrators ... -
Stakeholder Buy-In to Marine and Coastal Resource Management
Many marine and coastal resources can be classed common pool resources and are thus challenging to manage, especially where central government capacity is limited. As a result, marine and coastal resource management often ... -
The Color of Homelessness: The Causes, Reproduction, and Consequences of Racial Inequality in Homelessness
People of color or mixed race account for more than half of all people experiencing homelessness, yet comprise less than a quarter of the total population in the United States. Despite these massive racial disparities, ... -
The Impact of Public Policy on Nonstandard Work Arrangements
The social compact between workers, firms, and governing bodies has been typified by the balancing of market efficiency, social fairness, and bargaining power. This balancing act has produced the minimum wage, overtime ... -
Think Globally, Act Locally? Local Mitigation Within a Rational Choice Framework
In the United States, localities were the first – and for the most part, remain the only – level of government to seriously attempt the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. These local attempts to address the global ... -
Threatening Messages in Climate Change Communication
Climate change will have disastrous consequences if left unchecked. Climate change communication represents a means to encourage conservation behavior and support for climate mitigation policies. One oft-discussed but ... -
Three Essays on Income Support Policy, Family Violence, and Household Economic Arrangements
This dissertation focuses on the relationships between income support policy, economic security, and family dynamics that contribute to health and wellbeing. Chapters 1 and 2 examine potential consequences of exposure to ... -
Three Essays on Labor and Government Policy in Developing Countries
In this dissertation, I examine household labor allocation in two developing countries: India and Malawi. I focus on the interaction between government policies and household labor allocation decisions. The first and second ... -
Three Essays on Preferences for and Determinants of Participatory Philanthropy in U.S. Foundations
Philanthropic foundations are an important, if understudied, governance institution in the United States that exert tremendous influence over public policy and political discourse through grant-making, capacity-building ... -
Too Much Risk? Public Policy, Employment, and Earnings Volatility in Washington State
In this dissertation, I conducted three studies of the causes and consequences of earnings volatility for workers in low-wage jobs using of administrative records from Washington State’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program ...