Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "Discrimination"
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Assessing relationships between discrimination and health: emphasis on measurement and methodology
(2021-07-12)Research investigating relationships between discrimination and health has grown over the past two decades, establishing a body of evidence that documents the adverse health outcomes associated with inequitable systems. ... -
Does it Take a Village? Essays on Social Context and Child Development in India
(2022-11-23)International discourse on community determinants of child health largely draws from evidence on high income countries. Adverse social and contextual exposures are deeply rooted in local histories, oppressions, and societal ... -
Essays in Labor Economics
(2021-05-07)In this dissertation, I explore inequalities in higher education and at the intersection of higher education and the labor market. Chapter 1 explores the employment effects of strengthening anti-discrimination laws for ... -
Essays Using Google Data
(2013-08-28)I show three new ways to use Google search query data. First, I use Google search data to measure racism in the United States and its effect on Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Second, I use Google ... -
Pressing Challenges in U.S. Health Policy: Polarization, Gun Violence, And Discrimination
(2022-06-06)In this dissertation, I examine three pressing challenges in health policy in the United States: political polarization, gun violence, and racial discrimination. All three jeopardize public health and risk exacerbating ... -
Social dominance orientation: Cause or ‘mere effect’?
(Elsevier BV, 2011)The question of whether SDO is a cause or mere effect of intergroup attitudes and behaviors has been the subject of heated debate. Much of the research brought to bear on the question, however, has used cross-sectional ...