Retaining walls are earth retention structures that are essential in the majority of the construction projects for the overall project's engineering performance, as well as its budget and schedule. These elements constitute a key role in urban development, industrial facilities …
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Data from Turkish manufacturing firms shows a positive relationship between a firms revenues from a market, the number of markets penetrated by that firm, and previous presence in that market. I conduct a quantitative partial equilibrium analysis to explain an entry-cost-reducin…
Chapter 1 examines the log wage gap between male and female wage and salary earners in urban Turkey. Correcting for selection is crucial in analyzing this gender gap considering that Turkey has the lowest female labor force participation in the OECD. Using quantile regression te…
The purpose of the present study was to investigate levels of gene flow among populations of black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) located within a heterogeneous landscape of Central Indiana. Black walnut is a monoecious, wind-pollinated, shade-intolerant deciduous hardwood with consi…
King, Madera, Hebl, and Knight (2006) found evidence that race-typed names can have significant influence on the evaluation of resumes. Specifically, they found significant differences between Asian, Hispanic, Black and White-sounding names. They also found that occupational ste…
CHAPTER 1: Signaling Creditworthiness in Peruvian Microfinance Markets: The Role of Information Sharing. Using borrower-level data from FINCA, one of the leading microfinance institutions (MFI) in Peru, I evaluate the effect of FINCA's decision to share information on individual…
This study explores the external environment within which Israeli environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) operate, with particular attention to their relationships with, and dependence on, philanthropic foundations. A growing body of literature has been devoted in re…
This thesis provides an analysis of the roles fulfilled by educational assessment in primary education. This analysis is called for, now that many policy-makers hold high hopes for the improvement potential of educational assessment. The field research discussed in this thesis d…
Habitat selection is an important aspect of a species' natural history, with applications specifically in the management of at-risk organisms. This study assesses habitat usage of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) at three different spatial scales (landscape, home range…
Cancer progression is an evolutionary process: somatic mutations can confer selective advantages to certain cells, eventually causing them to abnormally proliferate. Parallels can be drawn between the evolution of organismal populations and cancer cell populations. In both, sele…
People working together in teams for a common purpose has been a centerpiece of human social organization since our ancient ancestors first banded together to hunt game, raise families, and defend their communities. But despite the ubiquity throughout human history of teams and …
Migration is a basic adaptation method to inhospitable environments and has large economic consequences for the migrants themselves and for the economy as a whole. I create new datasets using individual-level census data and county-level drought conditions to study how the worst…
Advances in genetic sequencing technology have given us an abundance of whole-genome sequencing data that can tell us much about evolutionary processes and population history. Coalescent hidden Markov models (CHMMs) are a powerful class of methods that use both genetic variation…
Spiders are one of the most diverse clades of multicellular life on earth, and their success has been attributed to several key genomic features, such as weaving silk, deploying various forms of venom, and being able to metabolize many types of prey. We have created a database o…