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The individual and contextual determinants of unemployment in the U.S.: a multilevel analysis
(Texas A&M University, 2003)
The main objective of this thesis is to empirically examine the effects of individual demographic characteristics and state characteristics on people's unemployment status in the United States using data derived from the ...
Measuring the Effect of Uncertainty in Unit Cost and Pre-Treatment Condition on Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Decisions
(2014-05-23)
A pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) project normally extends over 2-10 mile long roadway segment. At the M&R planning stage, these projects are called pavement management sections, which are often comprised of ...
Economic and Demographic Factors Affecting the Demand for Fluid Milk Alternative Beverages in the United States
(2016-12-12)
During the past two decades, production and consumption of fluid milk alternative beverages in the United States have been evolving, while the market penetration of fluid milk is decreasing rapidly. Soymilk has been the ...
Narrative Inquiries into Teachers' Fostering Their Best-Loved Selves in Rural China
(2018-05-18)
This three-paper dissertation narratively explores how teachers self-develop and move themselves toward “best-loved self” in rural areas of China, which is a high accountability environment plagued with inequalities of ...