Assessing the Welfare Impact of the 2001 Tax Reform on Dual-earner Families

The welfare impact of the 2001 income tax reform is assessed across dual-earner families with different characteristics. A household labor supply model is estimated to account for variable behavioral responses by family type. It was found that while higher education families received a larger share of the welfare gain generated from lower marginal tax rates, it was the lower education families that provided the bulk of the additional labor supply motivated by the tax reform. Differing welfare gains across families with different numbers of children were also found, highlighting the importance of allowing responses to vary across family characteristics when assessing the welfare impact of a policy change. Working Paper 07-3

International Trade and Economic Development Strategy: Can Foreign Direct Investment Be Predicted?

This study identifies factors that might be used by the state to better target foreign industries and countries that are more likely to be seeking investment opportunities in the U.S

International trade and economic development: Can foreign direct investment be predicted?

It would appear obvious that not all countries and industries are equally good business recruitment targets for the state’s economic development efforts. However, partly due to data limitations, little detailed research has been done to clarify how a state might direct its recruitment strategies to those industries and countries more likely to be seeking foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities within the United States. This paper is a move toward rectifying this deficiency.

Assessing the welfare impact of the 2001 tax reform on dual-earner families

We assess the 2001 income tax reform to determine its welfare impact across families with different characteristics. A household labor supply model is estimated to account for variable behavioral responses by family type. We find that while higher-education families received a larger share of the welfare gain generated from lower marginal tax rates, it was the lower-education families that provided the bulk of the additional labor supply motivated by the tax reform. We also find differing welfare gains across families with different numbers of children, highlighting the importance of allowing responses to vary across family characteristics when assessing the welfare impact of a policy change.

The impact of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games on employment and wages in Georgia

Using the standard differences-in-differences (DD) technique and a modified DD technique in the slopes, this paper determines that hosting the 1996 Summer Olympic Games boosted employment by 17% in the counties of Georgia affiliated with and close to Olympic activity, relative to employment increases in other counties in Georgia (the rate of growth increased by 0.002 percentage points per quarter). Estimation of a random-growth model confirms a positive impact of the Olympics on employment. In addition, the employment impact is shown not to be merely a "metropolitan statistical area (MSA) effect"; employment in the northern Olympic venue areas was found to increase 11% more post- versus pre-Olympics than it did in other, similar southern MSAs. The evidence of an Olympic impact on wages is weak

Prediction of VO\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3e Peak Using Sub-Maximum Bench Step Test in Children

The purpose of this study was to develop a valid prediction of maximal oxygen uptake from data collected during a submaximum bench stepping test among children ages 8-12 years. Twentyseven active subjects (16 male and 11 female), weight 36.1 kg, height 144.4 cm and VO2 47.4 ± 7.9 ml/kg/min participated. Subjects completed a maximal oxygen consumption test with analysis of expired air and a submaximal bench stepping test. A formula to predict VO2max was developed from height, resting heart rate and heart rate response during the submaximum bench stepping test. This formula accounted for 71% of the variability in maximal oxygen consumption and is the first step in verifying the validity of the submaximum bench stepping test to predict VO2max. VO2max = -2.354 + (Height in cm * 0.065) + (Resting Heart Rate * 0.008) + (Step Test Average Heart Rate as a Percentage of Resting Heart Rate * -0.870

1945-02-19, Robert to Helen

This collection contains correspondence from 2ndLt. Robert E. Moore, USA to his wife, Helen Mendenhall Moore in Seminole, OK, during the Second World War.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/rmoore_correspondence/1052/thumbnail.jp

1945-01-01, Robert to Helen

This collection contains correspondence from 2ndLt. Robert E. Moore, USA to his wife, Helen Mendenhall Moore in Seminole, OK, during the Second World War.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/rmoore_correspondence/1018/thumbnail.jp

1945-01-29, Robert to Helen

This collection contains correspondence from 2ndLt. Robert E. Moore, USA to his wife, Helen Mendenhall Moore in Seminole, OK, during the Second World War.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/rmoore_correspondence/1038/thumbnail.jp

1944-12-08, Robert to Helen

This collection contains correspondence from 2ndLt. Robert E. Moore, USA to his wife, Helen Mendenhall Moore in Seminole, OK, during the Second World War.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/rmoore_correspondence/1001/thumbnail.jp