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Should We Stay or Should We Go? Investigating the Impacts of Intervention on Post-War Development
Get PDFThis study investigates the effects of military intervention in civil wars on post-war development. It was theorized that the characteristics of the intervention would influence the effects on development in different ways, and looks into its effects on three types of development: economic, social, and political. This paper looks at the effects of the regime-type of the intervener, the recipient of the intervention, the number of interveners, and whether the intervening state is neighboring the country in conflict or if it is from the same region. Results support the paper’s theory, finding that different characteristics of intervention had different effects on development. The study concluded that it is important to consider intervention characteristics when determining whether a country lending support to a side in a civil war will help or hinder the development of that state
Screen Time Versus Face Time: How Social Media Usage Affects Time Spent Face to Face
Get PDFHow has the recent surge in social media network usage affected in-person social interaction? As the Internet continues to become more integrated in everyday forms of communication and interaction, sociologists disagree about the implications it will have on in-person socialization. Some argue that social media will revolutionize social interactions, while others believe that it will lead to a loss of privacy and an increase in isolation. I propose that the more social media networks an individual is a regular user of, the fewer days they will interact face-to-face with other people. Using 685 responses garnered from computer-assisted interviews in the 2016 General Social Survey, regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship between social media network usage and in-person social interaction while controlling for age. Results from bivariate analysis show a positive but weak association between social media usage and in-person social interaction, revealing that the more networks an individual used, the more they interacted with others in-person. In multivariate results, this relationship disappeared. The results do not support the hypothesis, but instead indicate that age is a more important predictor of decreased in-person social interaction. In future studies, researchers should investigate the effects of social media usage on in-person social interaction with larger samples and more in-depth questions about the ways in which social media networks are being used and time spent online
MDOCS Poster-2018-03-02, Oral History for Social Justice with Amy Starecheski
Get PDFTALK: Curating Oral History for the 21st Century: Listening Out Loud, Listening with the Eyes and the BodyThursday, March 1, 3:40 pm – 5:00 pmSkidmore College, Filene Hall, Room 119The talk will highlight the dilemmas and the potential of curating oral history for a broad contemporary audience, highlighting Columbia University’s Oral History Master’s Program as an example of an application that bridges archival and public use, media and the textual, audio walking tours as a means to return aural/oral history to place and the body, and a few recent short video and documentary projects by OHMA students, including Nyssa Chow\u27s Still Life, that experiment with the intersubjective relations of oral history. Cultural anthropologist, oral historian and co-director of Amy Starecheski, the Co-Director of the Columbia University Masters in Oral History program. is a cultural anthropologist and oral historian whose research focuses on the use of oral history in social movements and the politics of urban property.http://oralhistory.columbia.edu
FDI and Economic Growth: A Case Study From China and Africa
Get PDFThis paper investigates the long-debated relationship between FDI and economic growth. I use a Solow model framework to analyze this relationship. Further, I use OLS regression analysis to analyze this relationship, specifically between China and Africa. The Chinese-African trade relationship has become dynamic and expansive. I come to the conclusion that FDI doesn’t have a significant effect on economic growth in this case, and further conclude that trade relationships and policy are more important for economic growth, and can aid in determining the future value of an economic structure
Stock Market Reactions to Industrial Disasters: Evidence from Incident Firms and Their Competitors
No full textMy paper analyzes the impacts of chemical disasters on both incident firms and non-incident firms. I consider a sample of 58 explosions in chemical plants in the U.S. over the period 1990-2017. Using event study, I find that incident firms on average experience a statistically and economically significant drop in market value following chemical disasters, and the negative impacts are permanent. In addition, my paper finds that on average the equity value of competitor firms suffers significant losses stemming from contagion effects; however, competitive effects dominate when accidents are minor. Using cross-sectional analysis, I show that the loss is significantly related to the severity of the incident as measured by causalities and by chemical pollution. Therefore, my research can be used to promote and justify the cost of safety mechanisms in the petrochemical industry
No Hablo Inglés: Language and Skill Upgrading in Mexican Migration
No full textMuch of the literature on international migration finds a brain drain – the most skilled migrants leave their home country and stay abroad in an economy where they can maximize their performance. Studies of return migration, however, suggest the possibility of a brain gain; home countries can be made more productive if migrants engage in skill upgrading while abroad and bring their abilities back. Using data from the Mexican Migrant Project I estimate the return to migration, focusing on the role that English plays as a skill in the labor market. To overcome the possibility of endogeneity via self-selection I utilize an Instrumental Variable method, using who a migrant stays with as the instrument. Estimates show that being a migrant increases Mexican wages by 36.4% but that English has a negligible effect on economic outcomes
Mo’ Money Mo’ Points: World Cup Skiing Success in Relationship to GDP Per Capita, Population, and Snowfall
Get PDFThis paper analyzes the results from the last 12 seasons of the FIS Alpine World Cup, in order to explore what demographic and economic characteristics have the most predictive power in determining success. The empirical model is formatted based on previous literature focused on predicting countries’ success at the Olympics. The results indicate that GDP Per Capita is the most significant variable when predicting success. It is followed by population. Surprisingly the snowfall variable was not significant. The final results suggest that in order for countries to outperform their demographic and economic characteristics they must aggressively fund their alpine teams