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Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
No full textThis dissertation is composed of three chapters that apply econometric techniques to solve questions in the health and labor economics fields. The first chapter assesses the impact of obesity on labor market outcomes over economic downturns. Specifically, I measure labor market differentials between obese and healthy weight workers over business cycle fluctuations using two national surveys. I find that when unemployment increases, obese individuals experience larger declines in income relative to those who are not obese. These findings are robust to the inclusion of occupation fixed effects, suggesting the findings cannot be fully explained by obese workers selecting careers that tend to have greater sensitivity to business cycle fluctuations. The second chapter of this dissertation is joint work with Timothy Halliday, Lester Lusher, and Aureo de Paula. This study pairs variation stemming from volcanic eruptions with panel data on the census of Hawai`i public student test scores to estimate the impact of pollutants on student performance. We first precisely estimate a small drop in average test scores. Then, utilizing Hawai`i's rich diversity across schools in baseline exposure, we estimate sharp nonlinearities - effects for schools with PM 2.5 levels above 9 units are nearly five times the magnitude as for schools below. Lastly, we find that the drop in test scores for economically disadvantaged students is nearly four times the magnitude of their advantaged counterparts. This performance gap across student type arises from within school variation, suggesting the gap cannot be explained by differences in school resources. The final chapter of this dissertation is in collaboration with Maya Ward. In this study, we use the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) to analyze the effect of economic downturns on labor market outcomes differentially across the Big Five personality traits. There is still a large amount of unexplained variation in various labor market outcomes after accounting for observable characteristics (age, gender, education, etc) indicating that unobservable characteristics (personality, work ethic, etc) may also play an important role. While the psychology literature has investigated the relationship between personality and labor market outcomes, there are far fewer studies that incorporate personality traits in the economics literature. Furthermore, findings that assess the impacts of the Big Five on economic outcomes are mixed due to differences in the data used. We find that those who report higher levels of emotional instability tend to see larger unemployment insurance take up and fewer weeks of employment during economic downturns relative to those who are more emotionally stable. Additionally, the effects do not seem to be driven by employer discrimination, as it may be that higher levels of emotional instability cause workers to be less productive during recessions.Ph.D
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No full textMoney piece by Timothy P. Agnew, chief executive officer of the Finance Authority of Maine, about the increased availability of credit for Maine\u27s small businesses
Weight Gain in Adolescents and Their Peers
No full textDespite the urgent public health implications, relatively little is yet known about the effect of peers on adolescent weight gain. We describe trends and features of adolescent BMI in a nationally representative dataset and document correlations in weight gain among peers. We find strong correlations between own body mass index (BMI) and peers’ BMI’s. Though the correlations are especially strong in the upper ends of the BMI distribution, the relationship is smooth and holds over almost the entire range of adolescent BMI. Furthermore, the results are robust to the inclusion of school fixed effects and basic controls for other confounding factors such as race, sex, and age. Some recent research in this area asks whether or not adolescent weight gain is caused by peers. We discuss the econometric difficulties in plausibly estimating such effects. Our results do not rule out the existence of these types of social network effects.obesity, peer effects, adolescent health
Income Volatility and Health
No full textWe investigate the impact of exogenous income fluctuations on health using twenty years of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. To unravel the impact of income on health from unobserved heterogeneity and reverse causality, we employ techniques from the literature on the estimation of dynamic panel data models. Contrary to much of the previous literature on health and socio-economic status, we find that, on average, adverse income shocks lead to a deterioration of health. These effects are most pronounced for working-aged men and are dominated by transitions into the very bottom of the earnings distribution. We also provide suggestive evidence of an association between negative income shocks and higher mortality for working-aged men.Gradient, Health, Dynamic Panel Data Models, Recessions
Income Risk and Health
No full textWe investigate the impact of exogenous income shocks on health using twenty years of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamic. To unravel the impact of income on health from unobserved heterogeneity and reverse causality, we employ techniques from the literature on the estimation of dynamic panel data models. Contrary to much of the previous literature on the gradient, we find that, on average, adverse income shocks lead to a deterioration of health. These effects are most pronounced for working-aged men and are dominated by transitions into the very bottom of the earnings distribution. We also provide suggestive evidence of an association between negative income shocks and higher mortality for working-aged men.Gradient, Recessions, Health, Dynamic Panel Data Models
Timothy Meyer serves as a contributing author for UN report
No full textAssistant Professor Timothy Meyer served as a contributing author for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization\u27s report titled Networks for Prosperity: Connecting Development Knowledge Beyond 2015. The document, which was released during November, analyzes the nexus between the global connectedness of a country and its economic success, sustainability and government effectiveness. Meyer was one of only approximately 20 academic and practical experts from around the world selected to serve as a contributor after a global call for proposals.
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Selected Contributions of Sister Mary Berenice Beck, O.S.F. to Nursing in the United States, 1923-1956
No full textby Sister M. Timothy Costello.Typescript.Thesis (M.S.N.)--Catholic University of America.Bibliography: leaves 44-47.Also available in microfilm
The Baptismal Liturgy of Theodore of Mopsuestia
No full textTimothy A. Curtin.Typescript.Thesis (S.T.D.)--Catholic University of America, 1971.Bibliography: leaves 368-393
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