The Gendered Consequences of a Weak Infrastructure of Care: School Reopening Plans and Parents’ Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic (open access)

The Gendered Consequences of a Weak Infrastructure of Care: School Reopening Plans and Parents’ Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This article collected detailed primary data—the Elementary School Operating Status database (ESOS)—to measure the percentage of school districts offering in-person, remote, and hybrid instruction models for elementary schools by state in September 2020 to understand the nature and magnitude of school closures across states during the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on maternal labor force participation. The article shows that schools are a vital source of care for young children, and that without in-person instruction, mothers have been sidelined from the labor force.
Date: March 12, 2021
Creator: Collins, Caitlyn; Ruppanner, Leah; Landivar, Liana Christin & Scarborough, William
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Religious Exiting and Social Networks: Computer Simulations of Religious/Secular Pluralism (open access)

Religious Exiting and Social Networks: Computer Simulations of Religious/Secular Pluralism

This article uses agent-based simulations in three “artificial societies” (one predominantly religious; one predominantly secular; and one in between), to demonstrate that worldview pluralism within one’s neighborhood and family social networks can be a significant predictor of religious (dis)affiliation but in pluralistic societies worldview diversity is less important and, instead, people move toward worldview neutrality.
Date: March 12, 2021
Creator: Cragun, Ryan; McCaffree, Kevin; Puga-Gonzalez, Ivan; Wildman, Wesley & Shults, F. LeRon
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of dispersal strategy and migration history on genetic diversity and population structure of Antarctic lichens (open access)

Effects of dispersal strategy and migration history on genetic diversity and population structure of Antarctic lichens

Article studying the effects of dispersal strategy and migration history on lichen genetic structure to better understand the importance of these processes and their interplay in shaping population structure as well as their relevance for conservation.
Date: March 23, 2021
Creator: Lagostina, Elisa; Andreev, Mikhail; Dal Grande, Francesco; Grewe, Felix; Lorenz, Aline; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are States Created Equal? Moving to a State With More Expensive Childcare Reduces Mothers' Odds of Employment (open access)

Are States Created Equal? Moving to a State With More Expensive Childcare Reduces Mothers' Odds of Employment

This article investigates whether moving to a state with more expensive childcare is associated with lower odds of maternal employment among mothers who had been employed prior to relocation. Results show that moving to states with fewer childcare barriers is associated with higher levels of maternal employment, partly mitigating the negative labor market effects of interstate migration.
Date: March 4, 2021
Creator: Landivar, Liana Christin; Ruppanner, Leah & Scarborough, William
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service (open access)

Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service

Article examining the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination separately according to the Lonsdorf model. Results show that the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination are completely different at the landscape and farm levels. This article shows that using the Lonsdorf model could lead to confusing results for the landscape ecologists and farmers who want to reduce the adverse effects of fragmentation on their products by creating new forest patches.
Date: March 22, 2021
Creator: Rahimi, Ehsan; Barghjelveh, Shahindokht & Dong, Pinliang
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Autonomic Spectrum Questionnaire: A Factor Analysis

Dataset for the article, "The Autonomic Spectrum Questionnaire: A Factor Analysis" by Colin Ross, Justin Litvin, Anthony Ryals, and Patricia Kaminski (2021).
Date: March 28, 2021
Creator: Ross, Colin; Litvin, Justin; Ryals, Anthony J. & Kaminski, Patricia L.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library