Public Administration electronic theses and dissertations (MU)
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Narrowing achievement gaps : essays on the impact of public policies on the academic achievement of English learners
(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 the public participation and government performance
(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 ... -
Manager and employee behaviors in response to performance signals in public organizations
(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 ... -
Achieving sustainability through re-municipalized energy services : exploring formation, efficacy, and impacts of community choice aggregations
(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 ... -
Three essays on social policy
(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 racial discrimination
(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 higher education outcomes
(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 ... -
The influence of policy change on organizational structure
(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 ... -
Essays on the bureaucratic representation in schools
(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. ... -
Three essays on assimilation and acculturation of international instructors at U.S. research universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This dissertation consists of three chapters that answer an overarching question: "How do foreign-born instructors assimilate and acculturate into U.S. academia as an immigrant-receiving environment?" Across the three ... -
Communicating reform: apologies and policy implementation for policing's history
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Governments sometimes apologize for their mistakes but apologizing for mistakes does not always impart legitimacy on governments. Policing's history in the United States creates the context through which policing is ... -
Three essays on the impact of public policies on the health and educational outcomes of young adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Young adulthood is a critical time in the life course when access to resources and opportunities help determine later in life outcomes. To contribute to the research on young adults, this dissertation uses restricted health ... -
Three essays on labor economics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This dissertation addresses labor market issues. The first two chapters deal with employment issues during the great recession using nationally representative data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation. The ... -
Role of agricultural cooperatives in poverty reduction in Nepal : an empirical analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Cooperatives refer to producer-owned and controlled organizations that improve farmers' livelihoods by correcting market failure. Policy makers consider cooperatives as an appropriate development approach for poverty ... -
The politics of CO2 emissions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Climate change poses a severe threat to humanity for the last few decades. Various forms of natural disasters, extreme weather events, the outbreak of deadly diseases, life, and food insecurity are among common threats of ... -
Three studies on psychological distress, health-risk behaviors, and health care access among Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian American Subgroups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Asian Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic minority population in the United States. Among this group, Chinese-, Filipino-, and Asian Indian Americans are the most three largest Asian American subgroups. Yet, health-related ... -
Racial disparity in police killings : an analysis of 2014 United States lethal force data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)The main purpose of this research is to create a reliable database concerning law enforcement use of lethal force and employ this database to evaluate whether evidence exists that the decision to use lethal force is impacted ... -
Three essays on rural-nonrural disparities in postsecondary access and success
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] While a college degree is increasingly a crucial pathway to achieve success in the U.S labor market, recent estimates indicate that 20% of rural ... -
Explaining variation in adoption and implementation of anti-corruption policies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Since the negative effects of corruption on the quality of government are becoming more apparent, the anti-corruption industry is expanding. Yet while scholars have developed several anti-corruption policies, political ... -
Strategic human capital management and public sector performance : an investigation of federal agencies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.]