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The Role of Welfare and Space in the Migration of the Poor
Cushing, Brian - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2005
This study investigates whether interstate differences in welfare benefits affected destination choices of low-income households in the United States during the 1985-90 period. It considers place-to-place migration decisions of poor single-parent females within a conditional logit framework. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904071
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Quality of Care in Appalachian Nursing Homes: Doing More with Less?
Carter, Mary; Wang, Shuhui - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2006
, and to explore the extent to which factors other than quality of care determine nursing home survey outcomes. A secondary …-data analysis using the Online Survey Certification and Reporting System was conducted. The most recently available survey conducted … effort is needed to investigate the extent to which regional differences in the survey process itself systematically affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929332
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The Role of Welfare and Space in the Migration of the Poor
Cushing, Brian - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2005
This study investigates whether interstate differences in welfare benefits affected destination choices of low-income households in the United States during the 1985-90 period. It considers place-to-place migration decisions of poor single-parent females within a conditional logit framework. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929350
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Cross-Border Shopping and the Sales Tax: A Reexamination of Food Purchases in West Virginia
Tosun, Mehmet Serkan; Skidmore, Mark - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2005
In this paper new evidence is presented of cross-border shopping in response to sales taxation. While several instructive studies provide estimates of the cross-border shopping effect, a unique opportunity is utilized to evaluate the effect of a large discrete change in sales tax policy. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929357
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Cross-Border Shopping and the Sales Tax: A Reexamination of Food Purchases in West Virginia
Tosun, Mehmet Serkan; Skidmore, Mark - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2005
In this paper new evidence is presented of cross-border shopping in response to sales taxation. While several instructive studies provide estimates of the cross-border shopping effect, a unique opportunity is utilized to evaluate the effect of a large discrete change in sales tax policy. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781383
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Quality of Care in Appalachian Nursing Homes: Doing More with Less?
Carter, Mary; Wang, Shuhui - Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University - 2006
, and to explore the extent to which factors other than quality of care determine nursing home survey outcomes. A secondary …-data analysis using the Online Survey Certification and Reporting System was conducted. The most recently available survey conducted … effort is needed to investigate the extent to which regional differences in the survey process itself systematically affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781392