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- U.S. Mexico Migration
- This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Unauthorized Immigration. This presentation discusses immigration, specifically between the United States and Mexico.
- Are Net Discount Ratios Stationary?: The Implications For Present Value Calculations
- Article discussing research analyzing the relationship between real interest rates and real growth rates in wages.
- Calculating Changes in Worklife Expectancies and Lost Earnings in Personal Injury Cases
- Article discussing research on the estimated effect of an injury on a worker's life expectancy, worklife expectancy and discounted expected income.
- Are Net Discount Rates Stationary?: Some Further Evidence
- Article discussing research suggesting that the net discount ration experienced a level shift in the mean between 1977 and 1981 and the resulting possible affects.
- Urban Water Demand Estimates Under Increasing Block Rates
- This article discusses urban water demand estimates under increasing block rates.
- Input Substitution in Irrigated Agriculture in the High Plains of Texas, 1970-80
- This article discusses input substitution in irrigated agriculture in the high plains of Texas.
- The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster
- This article highlights human limits in cluster formation.
- Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems
- This article extends an analysis of neighborhood effects on child behavioral outcomes.
- Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site
- This article seeks to better understand the health needs of a nonclinical population to inform future research and interventions.
- Who is Food Insecure? Implications for Targeted Recruitment and Outreach, National health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010
- This article characterizes differences in health among people receiving different types of food assistance and summarizes strategies for targeted recruitment and outreach of various food insecure populations.
- TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status
- This article assesses the association between TV viewing and obesity by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
- Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health
- This article examines associations between geographic and contextual features of the environment and elements of human energy balance, with a particular focus on research and opportunities in the United States.
- Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits
- This article describes a systematic neighborhood observation instrument for collecting data at very high spatial resolution to collect data in a low-income minority neighborhood in Dallas, TX.
- Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study
- This article examines the relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation and weight change in a multi-ethnic cohort from Dallas County, Texas, and whether behavioral/psychosocial factors attenuate the relationship.
- Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population
- This article examines sedentary pastimes specifically in low-income, minority communities in the United States.
- Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study
- This article describes a preliminary investigation into urban adults' perceptions of sedentary behavior alongside perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity.
- Pathways to Financial Advancement: A Case Study
- This article describes a research project conducted in a South Dallas neighborhood to study how gateways and stepping stones can put households on a path to financial security.
- Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening
- This article describes variability in colorectal cancer (CRC) test use and compares the performance of novel cross-classified and traditional hierarchical models.
- Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study
- This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.
- Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community
- This article examines the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time.
- Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry
- This article analyzes the shifting geography of production with respect to the U.S. floriculture industry.
- Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State University
- This article describes the results of an economic impact study of Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
- Behavioral Economic Tools for Promotion of Physical Activity
- This book chapter describes two key behavioral economic constructs and four key behavioral economic tools and their application to physical activity.
- Utilizing Behavioral Economics to Understand Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines among a Low-Income Urban Community
- This article examines the association between monetary saving behaviors and physical activity among adults of low-income who reside in an urban community.
- Do Neighborhoods Matter Differently for Movers and Non-Movers?: Analysis of Weight Gain in the Longitudinal Dallas Heart Study
- This article uses data from the Dallas Heart Study to evaluate the relationship between changes in neighborhood condition and weight change for both movers and non-movers over an approximate seven-year follow-up period.
- Time and Distance Heterogeneity in the Neighborhood Spillover Effects of Foreclosed Properties
- This article examines heterogeneity in the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
- Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach
- This article uses quantile regression to examine the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
- Understanding How Low-Socioeconomic Status Households Cope With Health Shocks: An Analysis of Multi-Sector Linked Data
- This article links data from a nonprofit food distribution center, electronic medical records from a safety-net healthcare system, and publicly available residential appraisals for more than 3,000 households to provide insight into how low-socioeconomic status households cope with health shocks experienced by resident adults.
- Mobilizing Leadership in Cities and Regions
- This article argues that governments and communities alike can encourage the development of local leadership and that the steps needed to achieve this object are already well known.
- Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics
- This article evaluates pertinent literature from the fields of medicine/public health and economics/psychology to suggest a comprehensive approach to physical activity counseling at the primary care level.
- Social Capital and Public Goods
- This article analyzes the relationship between social networks and trust (two measures of social capital) and self-reported charitable contributions of time and/or money (pro-social behavior) using data collected from two ethnically distinct, low-income neighborhoods.
- Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry after an Exit
- This article analyzes the influence of financial behaviors on the duration out of asset poverty while controlling for households' life cycle and demographic characteristics.
- The Neighborhood Effects of Foreclosure
- This article argues that changes in nearby foreclosures reveal changes in neighborhood quality.
- The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on Residential Property Upkeep
- This article assesses the impact of housing market conditions on the theoretically motivated and empirically observed negative relationship between loan to value ratios and home maintenance expenditures.
- Housing Upkeep and Public Good Provision in Residential Neighborhoods
- This article uses the consideration of neighborhood condition as an impure public good for a theoretical basis to understand how the level of neighborhood quality may affect residents' home maintenance decisions.
- Neighborhood Effects on Food Consumption
- This article examines the dual role of the social and physical neighborhood environment as they relate to the eating behaviors of residents of a low-income minority urban neighborhood.
- Neighborhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation: An Examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
- This article examines the neighborhood price impacts of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funded foreclosure rehabilitation undertaken by Habitat for Humanity in Dallas County, Texas using a difference-in-difference framework.
- Variations in Park Facility Valuations across Neighborhoods
- This article assesses the hedonic valuation of different types of park facilities.