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U.S. Mexico Migration

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Unauthorized Immigration. This presentation discusses immigration, specifically between the United States and Mexico.
Date: April 13, 2011
Creator: Molina, David J.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Net Discount Ratios Stationary?: The Implications For Present Value Calculations (open access)

Are Net Discount Ratios Stationary?: The Implications For Present Value Calculations

Article discussing research analyzing the relationship between real interest rates and real growth rates in wages.
Date: September 1991
Creator: Haslag, Joseph H.; Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Slottje, Daniel J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calculating Changes in Worklife Expectancies and Lost Earnings in Personal Injury Cases (open access)

Calculating Changes in Worklife Expectancies and Lost Earnings in Personal Injury Cases

Article discussing research on the estimated effect of an injury on a worker's life expectancy, worklife expectancy and discounted expected income.
Date: September 1988
Creator: Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Silberberg, Eugene
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are Net Discount Rates Stationary?: Some Further Evidence (open access)

Are Net Discount Rates Stationary?: Some Further Evidence

Article discussing research suggesting that the net discount ration experienced a level shift in the mean between 1977 and 1981 and the resulting possible affects.
Date: September 1994
Creator: Haslag, Joseph H.; Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Slottje, Daniel J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Urban Water Demand Estimates Under Increasing Block Rates (open access)

Urban Water Demand Estimates Under Increasing Block Rates

This article discusses urban water demand estimates under increasing block rates.
Date: January 1988
Creator: Nieswiadomy, Michael L. & Molina, David J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Input Substitution in Irrigated Agriculture in the High Plains of Texas, 1970-80 (open access)

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
The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster (open access)

The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster

This article highlights human limits in cluster formation.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Carroll, Michael C. & Zeller, Mark C.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems (open access)

Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems

This article extends an analysis of neighborhood effects on child behavioral outcomes.
Date: May 3, 2013
Creator: O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Leonard, Tammy; Beron, Kurt & Murdoch, James
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site (open access)

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
Who is Food Insecure? Implications for Targeted Recruitment and Outreach, National health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010 (open access)

Who is Food Insecure? Implications for Targeted Recruitment and Outreach, National health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010

This article characterizes differences in health among people receiving different types of food assistance and summarizes strategies for targeted recruitment and outreach of various food insecure populations.
Date: October 2016
Creator: Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Xuan, Lei; Amory, Richard; Higashi, Robin T.; Nguyen, Oanh Kieu et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status (open access)

TV Viewing and BMI by Race/Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status

This article assesses the association between TV viewing and obesity by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Date: November 22, 2012
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Gabriel, Kelley Pettee & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health (open access)

Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health

This article examines associations between geographic and contextual features of the environment and elements of human energy balance, with a particular focus on research and opportunities in the United States.
Date: March 13, 2015
Creator: Berrigan, David; Hipp, J. Aaron; Hurvitz, Philip M.; James, Peter; Jankowska, Marta M.; Kerr, Jacqueline et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits (open access)

Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits

This article describes a systematic neighborhood observation instrument for collecting data at very high spatial resolution to collect data in a low-income minority neighborhood in Dallas, TX.
Date: January 20, 2011
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Mays, Judith K. & Murdoch, James
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 (open access)

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
Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population (open access)

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
Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study (open access)

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
Pathways to Financial Advancement: A Case Study (open access)

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
Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening (open access)

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
Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial (open access)

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
Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study (open access)

Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study

This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Date: June 17, 2015
Creator: Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Cooper-McCann, Rebecca; Ayers, Colby; Berrigan, David; Lian, Min; McClurkin, Michael et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods: An Application of Hedonic Price Theory (open access)

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
Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community (open access)

Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community

This article examines the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time.
Date: June 7, 2012
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Shuval, Kerem; de Oliveira, Angela; Sugg Skinner, Celette; Eckel, Catherine & Murdoch, James
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry (open access)

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
Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State University (open access)

Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State University

This article describes the results of an economic impact study of Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
Date: 2006
Creator: Carroll, Michael C. & Smith, Bruce W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library