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Autor:
Eric Hilt, Wendy M. Rahn
Publikováno v:
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 6, Pp 86-108 (2016)
Increasing savings rates among households of modest incomes would strengthen their balance sheets and reduce wealth inequality. This paper analyzes one of the largest and most successful efforts to increase the savings of ordinary households in Ameri
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f9cdbb9ee8464be58c9bf272436190fc
Publikováno v:
World Med Health Policy
This study examined associations between diagnoses with five chronic health conditions (diabetes, cancer, heart disease, asthma, and arthritis) and turnout in the 2012 US presidential election. We used cross-sectional survey data from 16 states from
Autor:
Wendy M. Rahn, Eric Hilt
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Economic History. 80:746-781
We analyze the effects of ownership of liberty bonds on election outcomes in the 1920s. We find that counties with higher liberty bond ownership rates turned against the Democratic Party in the presidential elections of 1920 and 1924. This was a reac
Autor:
Wendy M. Rahn, J. Eric Oliver
Publikováno v:
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 667:189-206
Despite the wide application of the label “populist” in the 2016 election cycle, there has been little systematic evidence that this election is distinctive in its populist appeal. Looking at historical trends, contemporary rhetoric, and public o
Publikováno v:
Policy Studies Journal. 45:359-383
Policies governing the sale of raw milk—making the sales of raw milk more permissive—are gaining traction on the legislative agendas of dozens of states. This paper examines one contributor to this movement on the policy agenda: the role of compe
Publikováno v:
Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 10:103-112
Few studies have examined lifestyle factors and quality of life (QOL) in cancer survivors compared to a cancer-free group. Compared to active cancer-free women, we examined the association between physical inactivity and QOL in elderly cancer survivo
Publikováno v:
American Behavioral Scientist. 52:1646-1663
Generalized social trust is an important component of social capital and has been linked to a variety of individual- and community-level outcomes, including low crime rates, effective government, and healthy and happy citizens. Drawing on a multicomm
Autor:
Sarah E. Gollust, Wendy M. Rahn
Publikováno v:
Journal of health politics, policy and law. 40(6)
Health policy researchers often evaluate the social and economic consequences of chronic illness, but rarely have they considered the implications of chronic illness on one important form of political participation: voting. However, if chronic illnes
Autor:
Wendy M. Rahn, Thomas J. Rudolph
Publikováno v:
Public Opinion Quarterly. 69:530-560
This study performs a multilevel analysis of public trust in local government. We develop and test competing hypotheses about the contextual and individual-level sources of local political trust. The results show that citizens' trust in local governm
Publikováno v:
Public Opinion Quarterly. 64:239-256
The study of citizens' trust in the national government has been primarily individual-level, cross-sectional analysis. In the current research, we develop a quarterly time series measure of trust in the U.S. national government from 1980 to 1997 and