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Improving Missouri's Bottom Line: The Significant Economic Impact of Early Childhood Programs
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2009)
The challenge to fund Missouri's state budget, with escalating costs and dwindling revenue, is daunting. Across party lines, the question is: how can Missouri improve the state's economic climate? The surprising answer is investing in high quality...
A comparative study of home educated students and traditionally educated students after completion of a Midwestern university first-year experience program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
three different student population groups, traditionally educated students, home educated students, and privately educated students. This information was gathered from a Midwestern university using a self-report student survey after the students had...
Steps in the biodiesel series : economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2019)
"Biodiesel may be derived from oilseed feedstock, known as virgin oil, or recycled vegetable oil. When feedstock is used, you should understand the economic factors that affect oilseed processing and how they relate to the overall economics...
Review of the book Consumer Economics : The Consumer in our Society by Zelenak, M. & Reiboldt, W.
(2006)
Review of: Consumer Economics: The Consumer in our Society. Mel J. Zelenak and Wendy Reiboldt. Scottsdale, AZ: Holcomb Hathaway Publishers, 2006. 352 pages. Paperback....
Immigrant integration & sustainable rural development : linking receiving and newcomer communities (home)
(Cambio Center, 2011)
This 4-year project, which began in February 2011, examines the economic and social integration of three rural communities in Missouri from the perspectives of immigrant newcomers and long-term residents. This project focuses on promoting...
Hispanics and Housing During the Economic Downturn
(Cambio Center, 2013)
that traditionally employ immigrant laborers. As a result, houses have been foreclosed and immigrant families have left their homes in the middle of the night. Hispanics showed significant purchasing power in the U.S. and have become an example of an ethnic group...
Budgeting charity : a historical perspective on the Kansas Orphans' Home
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
. In this case study, I combine James C. Scott's (1998) theory of high-modern social engineering with economic and evolutionary theories of altruism and reciprocal altruism to analyze and interpret both the text and quantitative data in reports spanning 1887...
An empirical assessment of the political and gendered consequences of economic sanctions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This project investigates the unintended political and gender-specific effects of economic sanctions in target countries. Drawing insight from the existing literature...
Home schooling in the Show-me-State: a preliminary study of perceptions and academic performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
scores of home schooled and a group of public school students are compared controlling for gender and ethnicity and a qualitative study examining perceptions on Missouri's public school and home school policies in a telephone interview. The correlational...
The transitional experience of home-schooled students entering public education : how can public schools better serve the home-schooled student's transition to public education?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation studied the transitional experience of home-schooled students in central/south central rural Missouri whose families decided to place them into the public school setting. Since the public school environment is markedly different...
Permanent visitors: the impact of permanent migration to traditional tourist areas in the Lake Regions of rural Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The environmental and economic impacts of tourism are often addressed, but there is considerable less research regarding the socio-economic impact and spatial distribution...
The economic and community impact of the University of Missouri System, FY 17
(2018)
In November 2017, the University of Missouri System (UM System) retained Tripp Umbach to provide comprehensive analysis on the economic, employment and government revenues that arise from UM System operations and expenditures. The impact analysis...
Strengthening Missouri's Economic Performance: The Far-Reaching Impact of Investments in Early Childhood Programs
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2010-06)
The current economic climate is challenging for the state of Missouri and its many industries and businesses. Everyone is seeking investments that will yield significant returns. One important, but frequently overlooked, economic sector is early...
Sowbugs, pillbugs, millipedes and centipedes (2007)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2007)
debris around foundations. However, cracks between slabs and porches and in basement walls provide excellent hiding places from which these occasional invaders can enter homes. These pests do not pose an economic or health threat to humans, but some...
Leadership Camden County
(University of Missouri Extension, 2008)
This OSEDA presentation discusses Missouri economic factors, including analysis of the PUMA lake area and economic share and self-sufficiency wage standards by county....
New Institutional Economics
(Edward Elgar, 2000)
This chapter surveys the new institutional economics, a rapidly growing literature combining economics, law, organization theory, political science, sociology and anthropology to understand social, political and commercial institutions...
Messages of frugality and consumption in the Ladies' Home Journal : 1920s-1940s
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Since its inception more than 125 years ago, the Ladies' Home Journal has provided readers with cost-saving, pragmatic advice on domestic matters, while at the same time promoting consumerism by exposing readers to all the material trappings...
Economic voting in new democracies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This study investigates economic voting in 70 new democracies that have experienced regime transition since 1974. By incorporating the analysis of elections in virtually all new democracies, this study shows how electorates react to changes...
2008 Lake Business Conference
(University of Missouri Extension, 2008)
This OSEDA presentation discusses Missouri economic factors, including analysis of the PUMA lake area and economic share and self-sufficiency wage standards by county....
Effects of age on saving motives of Chinese urban consumers
(2014)
The Chinese maintain one of the highest saving rates in the world. Although saving is generally regarded as a good practice, in a market economy, extremely high saving rates can constrain welfare enhancing consumption and ...