Browsing by Author "Hoekstra, Mark"
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Lim, Jaegeum (2016-12-08)This dissertation investigates, in a causal way, how interactions of student with teachers and peers affect his or her educational outcome. First, we use random assignment of students to Korean middle school classrooms ...
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Packham, Analisa Marie (2016-05-02)Despite a near-continuous decline over the past 20 years, the United States has maintained one of the highest teen birth rates in the developed world. Two main arguments support the notion that teenage pregnancy can be ...
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Liu, Chia-Hua (2013-12-09)This dissertation studies the effect of premarital cohabitation on women’s propensity to divorce and women’s divorce risk. The dissertation focuses on various selection issues in a woman’s decision to start a relationship ...
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Struble, Matthew (2013-02-04)When students come to college they take on many responsibilities their parents used to cover for them, including making significant purchase decisions. My research examines the dining plan purchases of students at Texas ...
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Hoekstra, Mark; Puller, Steven L.; West, Jeremy; Meer, Jonathan (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-08-01)Simply put, the less Americans drive, the less gas they use. More driving, more gas. The negative effects of gasoline consumption are well-documented, ranging from local effects of automobile pollution on individuals' ...