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The Impact of Institutional Variety in Latin American Microfinance on Its Borrowers
Paper explores the effectiveness of heterogeneous and homogeneous microfinance systems, with a focus on performance in Latin America.
Date:
2013
Creator:
Nelson, Jenna
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study
This article describes a preliminary investigation into urban adults' perceptions of sedentary behavior alongside perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity.
Date:
October 31, 2013
Creator:
Shuval, Kerem; Hébert, Emily T.; Siddiqi, Zoveen; Leonard, Tammy; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Tiro, Jasmin A. et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry
This article analyzes the shifting geography of production with respect to the U.S. floriculture industry.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Reid, Neil; Smith, Bruce W.; Gatrell, Jay D. & Carroll, Michael C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Income Tax Complexity: A Work in Progress
Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on income tax complexity.
Date:
April 2, 2009
Creator:
Oakes, Trayton & Battaglia, Kari
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Input Substitution in Irrigated Agriculture in the High Plains of Texas, 1970-80
This article discusses input substitution in irrigated agriculture in the high plains of Texas.
Date:
July 1988
Creator:
Nieswiadomy, Michael L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry after an Exit
This article analyzes the influence of financial behaviors on the duration out of asset poverty while controlling for households' life cycle and demographic characteristics.
Date:
March 24, 2013
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy & Di, Wenhua
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Legal Status of Labor in Great Britain and the United States
An investigation of the legal status of labor in Great Britain and the United States. The basis of labor legislation is considered, and the development of labor legislation traced in both countries. A comparison of the legal status of labor at the present time in both countries is made. - Abstract
Date:
June 1939
Creator:
Richardson, Addran Dee
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mobilizing Leadership in Cities and Regions
This article argues that governments and communities alike can encourage the development of local leadership and that the steps needed to achieve this object are already well known.
Date:
December 16, 2013
Creator:
Beer, Andrew & Clower, Terry L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site
This article seeks to better understand the health needs of a nonclinical population to inform future research and interventions.
Date:
August 17, 2015
Creator:
Higashi, Robin T.; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Leonard, Tammy; Cuate, Erica L.; Cole, Jay & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial
This article examines a randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
Date:
May 5, 2014
Creator:
Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; Hughes, Amy; McQueen, Amy & Gupta, Samir
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Neighborhood Effects of Foreclosure
This article argues that changes in nearby foreclosures reveal changes in neighborhood quality.
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy & Murdoch, James C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Effects on Food Consumption
This article examines the dual role of the social and physical neighborhood environment as they relate to the eating behaviors of residents of a low-income minority urban neighborhood.
Date:
May 12, 2014
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; McKillop, Caitlin; Carson, Jo Ann & Shuval, Kerem
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach
This article uses quantile regression to examine the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
Date:
July 4, 2013
Creator:
Zhang, Lei & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study
This article examines the relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation and weight change in a multi-ethnic cohort from Dallas County, Texas, and whether behavioral/psychosocial factors attenuate the relationship.
Date:
May 27, 2014
Creator:
Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Ayers, Colby; Agyemang, Priscilla; Leonard, Tammy; Berrigan, David; Ballard Barbash, Rachel et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation: An Examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
This article examines the neighborhood price impacts of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funded foreclosure rehabilitation undertaken by Habitat for Humanity in Dallas County, Texas using a difference-in-difference framework.
Date:
January 12, 2017
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Jha, Nikhil & Zhang, Lei
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Overlapping geographic clusters of food security and health: Where do social determinants and health outcomes converge in the U.S?
This article identifies geographic clusters of food insecurity and health across U.S. counties to identify potential shared mechanisms for geographic disparities in health and food insecurity.
Date:
June 14, 2018
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Hughes, Amy; Donegan, Connor; Santillan, Alejandro & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Overlapping geographic clusters of food security and health: Where do social determinants and health outcomes converge in the U.S?
Article describes study which identified overlapping geographic clusters of food insecurity and health across U.S. counties to identify potential shared mechanisms for geographic disparities in health and food insecurity.
Date:
June 30, 2018
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Hughes, Amy E.; Donegan, Connor; Santillan, Alejandro & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pathways to Financial Advancement: A Case Study
This article describes a research project conducted in a South Dallas neighborhood to study how gateways and stepping stones can put households on a path to financial security.
Date:
2012
Creator:
Di, Wenhua; Leonard, Tammy & Ryder, Emily
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics
This article evaluates pertinent literature from the fields of medicine/public health and economics/psychology to suggest a comprehensive approach to physical activity counseling at the primary care level.
Date:
February 15, 2017
Creator:
Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Drope, Jeffrey; Katz, David L.; Patel, Alpa V.; Maitin-Shepard, Melissa et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening
This article describes variability in colorectal cancer (CRC) test use and compares the performance of novel cross-classified and traditional hierarchical models.
Date:
April 14, 2014
Creator:
Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Zhang, Song; Schootman, Mario; Halm, Ethan A. & Gupta, Samir
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods: An Application of Hedonic Price Theory
This article describes a tool kit for understanding how neighborhood characteristics are quantified in appraisal values.
Date:
February 25, 2016
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Ayers, Colby; Murdoch, James; Yin, Wenyuan & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Revealing the Middlemen: An Inquiry Into the Market Structure of United States Agribusiness - A Work in Progress
Poster for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on revealing the middlemen and an inquiry into the market structure of United States Agribusiness.
Date:
April 14, 2011
Creator:
Scruggs, Hallie & Eve, Susan Brown
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population
This article examines sedentary pastimes specifically in low-income, minority communities in the United States.
Date:
January 2013
Creator:
Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Kohl, Harold W. & Sugg Skinner, Celette
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Capital and Public Goods
This article analyzes the relationship between social networks and trust (two measures of social capital) and self-reported charitable contributions of time and/or money (pro-social behavior) using data collected from two ethnically distinct, low-income neighborhoods.
Date:
February 18, 2010
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Croson, Rachel T.A. & de Oliveira, Angela
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library