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Title: ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF DEBT ON HORIZONTAL EDUCATION-OCCUPATION MISMATCH
Author: Carpenter, Rebekah
Date Created: 2020
Description: This study investigates the relationship between educational loan debt and horizontal education-occupation mismatch, or the extent to which an individual works in an occupation unrelated to their degree field. Research has documented rising levels...

Title: ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF DEBT ON HORIZONTAL EDUCATION-OCCUPATION MISMATCH
Author: Carpenter, Rebekah
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: This study investigates the relationship between educational loan debt and horizontal education-occupation mismatch, or the extent to which an individual works in an occupation unrelated to their degree field. Research has documented rising levels...

Title: Ecological Influence of the Middle-Income Population on Economic Mobility, Educational Outcomes, and Healthy Habits
Author: Reed, Cody
Date Created: 2019
Description: While researchers have identified many ecological conditions that impact life chances, there are many yet to be identified. This study identifies the size of the middle-income population as an ecological condition that is related to life outcomes....

Title: Ecological Influence of the Middle-Income Population on Economic Mobility, Educational Outcomes, and Healthy Habits
Author: Reed, Cody
Date Created: 2019
Description: While researchers have identified many ecological conditions that impact life chances, there are many yet to be identified. This study identifies the size of the middle-income population as an ecological condition that is related to life outcomes....

Title: Ecological Influence of the Middle-Income Population on Economic Mobility, Educational Outcomes, and Healthy Habits
Author: Reed, Cody
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: While researchers have identified many ecological conditions that impact life chances, there are many yet to be identified. This study identifies the size of the middle-income population as an ecological condition that is related to life outcomes....

Title: Explaining Fertility Intentions Among Non-Assimilated Hispanic Immigrant Women Living in the U.S.: A Rational Choice Reinforced by Social Identity?
Author: Barros de Redard, Maria
Date Created: 2017
Description: Research on the assimilation of Hispanic immigrants in the United States isabundant; however, fewer studies have examined the effect of assimilation on Hispanicimmigrant women and childbirth. Prior research has documented that the fertility rateam...

Title: Explaining Fertility Intentions Among Non-Assimilated Hispanic Immigrant Women Living in the U.S.: A Rational Choice Reinforced by Social Identity?
Author: Barros de Redard, Maria
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, Social sciences, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
Description: Research on the assimilation of Hispanic immigrants in the United States isabundant; however, fewer studies have examined the effect of assimilation on Hispanicimmigrant women and childbirth. Prior research has documented that the fertility rateam...

Title: Identity Appeals During 2020 Republican and Democratic National Conventions
Author: Reichard, Gabrielle
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Once an essential part of selecting presidential nominees, national presidential conventions have dramatically changed in recent decades. In part due to the shifts in media and the rise of personalized politics, conventions now represent a form of...

Title: Mobility Along the Rail Line: How Charlotte’s Light Rail Project Impacts Economic Mobility
Author: Brown, Courtney
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: This paper adds to the existing literature on gentrification by exploring the impact of newly developed light rail transportation systems on neighborhoods surrounding the rail stations. Transportation costs place a disproportionate burden on peopl...

Title: Redefining Belonging: The Boundaries of Religious Identity in Institutions and Everyday Life
Author: Walker, Jonathan
Date Created: 2017
Description: ABSTRACTThis study examines how religious identity and boundaries are constructed at three separate levels: the institutional, the local, and the individual. Using the case of Forest Hill Apostolic Church, I analyze the relationships between these...

Title: Redefining Belonging: The Boundaries of Religious Identity in Institutions and Everyday Life
Author: Walker, Jonathan
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: ABSTRACTThis study examines how religious identity and boundaries are constructed at three separate levels: the institutional, the local, and the individual. Using the case of Forest Hill Apostolic Church, I analyze the relationships between these...

Title: Sexual Orientation, Occupations, and Earnings Among Men
Author: Smith, Joseph
Date Created: 2016
Description: Despite an apparent sea change in public attitudes regarding sexual orientation, contemporary qualitative research demonstrates stereotypes persist towards gay men, in turn affecting their labor market outcomes and earnings. This research tests th...

Title: Sexual Orientation, Occupations, and Earnings Among Men
Author: Smith, Joseph
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: Despite an apparent sea change in public attitudes regarding sexual orientation, contemporary qualitative research demonstrates stereotypes persist towards gay men, in turn affecting their labor market outcomes and earnings. This research tests th...

Title: THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL GENDER BELIEFS ON JOB SELECTION AND SEX SEGREGATION OF OCCUPATIONS
Author: Benson, James
Date Created: 2019
Description: Moving beyond occupational aspirations to actual selection of occupations, the current research considers the impact of individual gender beliefs on selection of occupations for men who work in male-dominated occupations compared to men who work i...

Title: THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL GENDER BELIEFS ON JOB SELECTION AND SEX SEGREGATION OF OCCUPATIONS
Author: Benson, James
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Sex role, Industrial relations
Description: Moving beyond occupational aspirations to actual selection of occupations, the current research considers the impact of individual gender beliefs on selection of occupations for men who work in male-dominated occupations compared to men who work i...

Title: The Effects of Religious Identity and Race on Political Participation and Voter Registration
Author: Venezia, Ashleigh
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Sociology
Description: The relationship between religion and political participation and voter registration has not been investigated through the lens of Identity Theory. In this thesis, I utilize measures of religious affiliation and race to examine their influence on ...