Browsing by Subject "Department of Economics"
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A Continuing Examination of Food Purchasing through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) : A Case Study of Grocery Stores and Farmers’ Markets with an Emphasis on Fruits and Vegetables I
(2020-04)Research suggests that food insecurity is a significant issue facing many American families with nearly one in five children living in a food insecure household. Many Americans also suffer from poor nutrition and specifically ... -
The Economic Progress of Hmong Refugees : Work and Wages
(2019-05)Thousands of Hmong refugees arrived in the U.S. after 1975, along with hundreds of thousands of refugees and other immigrants from other Southeast Asian countries. Over forty years, these refugees and their families ... -
Examining the Utilization of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Market Match Incentive Program at the Eau Claire Farmers’ Market Before and During the COVID Pandemic : Part I & 2
(2022-04)Food insecurity, including low fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is a significant issue facing many American families. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides benefits to help low-income families ... -
Future Development of Eau Claire
(2020-04)In this poster, we cover likely future trends in Eau Claire and offer some options regarding how those trends might be effectively leveraged. In this way what might become future liabilities for the City might, with effective ... -
Hmong Oral History Project : Documenting the Work Experiences of Hmong Refugees
(2020-04)A team of Hmong students interviewed Hmong elders to record their stories about their early years in the U.S., with a focus on the elders’ labor‐market experiences. It was difficult for many Hmong refugees to find jobs ... -
Identifying Opportunities for Wisconsin to Participate in Advanced Energy Manufacturing : An investigation into the State’s Real Capacity for Green Manufacturing
(2020-04)We sought to answer this question: What is the capacity of the Wisconsin economy to be able to convert into the production of green energy technology. This project originated through a grant from the Tommy Thomson center ... -
The Impact of Water Clarity on Home Prices in Vilas and Oneida Counties, Wisconsin : A Hedonic Study
(2019-05)This study estimates the residential property value gains associated with improvements in water clarity on 60 Northern Wisconsin lakes. Using a two-stage hedonic model applied to Wisconsin DNR water clarity data and data ... -
SNAP, WIC, Low-Income Families, Fruits & Vegetables and Food Security : An Investigation of Food Purchasing Behaviors I
(2019-05)Despite research showing fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption reduces the risk of a variety of chronic diseases, low FV intake in the United States among both children and adults persists. Thus, increasing FV consumption ... -
SNAP, WIC, Low-Income Families, Fruits & Vegetables and Food Security : An Investigation of Food Purchasing Behaviors II
(2019-05)Although fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption lowers risks for many chronic diseases, children/adults tend under-consume FV. Research suggests that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households purchase fewer ... -
SNAP, WIC, Low-Income Families, Fruits & Vegetables and Food Security : An Investigation of Food Purchasing Behaviors III
(2019-05)The Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) was established to increase access to healthy foods for low income women with children through benefits provided for targeted healthy foods. The WIC food package was revised ... -
The Source of Happiness : Cross-Country Analysis : Evidence from the World Value Survey (2011 And 2013)
(2019-05)Happiness (or economic well-being) has become a popular topic in recent years, not only in psychological study but also in the field of behavioral economics. The pursuit of happiness affects human behaviors, which will in ... -
Wages and the Influence of Job Characteristics
(2019-05)One of the most well-trafficked areas in labor economics is the identification and measurement of the determinants of wages. Economists and non-economists alike are both interested in why some jobs pay higher wages than ...