• Achieving sustainability through re-municipalized energy services : exploring formation, efficacy, and impacts of community choice aggregations 

    Deng, Jun (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    [EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] We urgently need to transform the current global energy landscape into a more sustainable and resilient one as we face increasing pressure to alleviate and mitigate climate change. The energy ...
  • Essays on the bureaucratic representation in schools 

    Cho, Ikhee (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
    This dissertation contains three essays on the role of school principals and educational outcomes. The first essay estimates the effects of demographic congruence between teachers and their principals on teacher turnover. ...
  • The influence of policy change on organizational structure 

    Clause, Christopher (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
    Public organizations respond to policy change in varied and unpredictable ways. The democratic control of these implementing agents represents one of the greatest challenges in the field of public administration. The current ...
  • Manager and employee behaviors in response to performance signals in public organizations 

    Kim, Taek Kyu (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    This dissertation explores the diverse behaviors of managers and employees in response to performance signals in public organizations. Performance outcomes provide crucial information for actors related to public organizations ...
  • Narrowing achievement gaps : essays on the impact of public policies on the academic achievement of English learners 

    Obadan, Obofoni Ann (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    [EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] English Learners (ELs) represent a significant and growing proportion of students in US schools, from 3.8 million students in 2000 to 5.1 million in 2019, representing 10.2 percent of children ...
  • Three essays on higher education outcomes 

    Hoffman, Heather (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
    This dissertation consists of three chapters examining issues relevant to higher education outcomes. The first essay examines the impact of state merit-aid program adoption on the stock of human capital across rural and ...
  • Three essays on racial discrimination 

    Kim, Jeonghun (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
    The first chapter shows that small business owners in credit markets, in particular minority owners, have difficulty in securing sources of capital for their business operation in spite of their economic importance. The ...
  • Three essays on social policy 

    Lee, Sungjin (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    This dissertation consists of three essays that examine the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirement on program participation using national and state-level administrative and cannabis ...
  • Three essays on the public participation and government performance 

    Sihotang, Andreas Darmega (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    Public participation in governance has been perceived as a way to address growing dissatisfaction with how democracy works in practice and the demands for more dynamic participation in policymaking, to have greater inclusion ...