It’s a Small World: International Deaf Spaces and Encounters, Michele Friedner, Annelies Kusters (Eds.). Gallaudet University Press, Washington, DC (2015), 336 pp., Hardcover, ISBN: 9781563686528
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): Ariel Arguelles (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Governing the Use of Force in International Relations: The Post 9/11 US Challenge on International Law, Aiden Warren, Ingvild Bode. Palgrave McMillan, UK (2014), 234 pp., Paperback. ISBN 1137411449, 9781137411440
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): Mudassar Hussain (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
This Benevolent Experiment. Indigenous Boarding Schools, Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States, Andrew Woolford. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln (2015), 431 pp., Paperback, ISBN: 9780803276727
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): Stefanie Kunze (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Changes in marital status and links to self-rated health: A study of temporal relationships
This study examines whether self-rated health (SRH) changes predict marital status changes or vice versa, and tests whether changes in trust mediate the relationship between marital transition and SRH change. A logistic regression model and a mediation analysis method are used separately to analyze the longitudinal data on 2,042 respondents from the Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) in Taiwan. The survey achieves response rates above 70%. The findings show that none of health status at either time point predict the three types of marital transitions including never married to married, married to divorced/separated, and...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Part-time employment and worker health in the United States
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): Youngmin ChoAbstractA growing body of research has highlighted the consequences of part-time employment for workers’ health and well-being. However, these studies have yielded inconsistent results and relied on cross-sectional data. In addition, relatively little empirical research has explored whether the effect of working part-time on health varies by gender, particularly in the United States. Using longitudinal data from three waves of the General Social Survey panel (2010–2012–2014), our study examined the association betw...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Do flexible work schedules reduce turnover in U.S. federal agencies?
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): James Gerard CaillierAbstractAgency theory suggests that when agencies adopt flexible work schedules, employees will be more likely to remain with the organization, because these programs demonstrate that the organization cares about their well-being in that flexible work schedules give them more flexibility regarding when, where, and how they perform their work. To test this proposition, cross-sectional panel data at the agency level were obtained from two federal government sources: Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and FedScope. ...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Influencing factors to have an additional child by working women in Korea
This study aims to explore the effects of individual and regional characteristics on working women’s intention of additional childbirth in Korea. Since most the individuals generally revolve within their own hierarchically structured regions, data from 2012 Population and Housing Census Statistics are utilized in the analysis. The hierarchical generalized liner model is employed to find out the effects of individual and regional factors, while comparisons of these results are made using the binary logistic model. And finally, Heckman 2-stage model is applied in order to determine if selection bias is present. The results...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Analysis of state general sales tax policy: A complementary approach to the effects of causes and the causes of effects
This study reveals that the combined causes of revenue reliance and tax burden vary as ideal types compared with the effects of real types observed in the panel data analysis. This study contributes to the current literature by examining interrelated and interdependent causal relationships with regard to revenue reliance and tax burden in a complementary manner. State governments must consider the combined effects of causal conjunctures that affect revenue reliance and tax burden. (Source: The Social Science Journal)
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The role of perceived social reality in the adoption of postmaterial values: The case of Hong Kong
This study examines the role of certain cognitive factors in the adoption of postmaterial value orientations. Analysis of three surveys conducted between 2012 and 2016 in Hong Kong illustrate that postmaterial values are, at the individual level, tied to criticisms against social inequality and immobility. The relationship is stronger among better educated people and people with higher levels of news exposure. The analysis contributes to the broader literature on cultural change in modern societies by suggesting that social affluence is not a sufficient condition for the rise of postmaterial values. Instead, specific combi...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Measuring social trust and trusting the measure
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): Florian Justwan, Ryan Bakker, Jeffrey D. BerejikianAbstractDecades of rigorous quantitative scholarship have generated a wealth of knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of crossnational variations in social trust. However, while some social science disciplines have made significant contributions to this conversation, others have largely failed to do so. The field of international relations, for example, has lagged behind in producing aggregate-level scholarship on social trust. This is surprising given that (1) trust influ...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Required civics courses, civics exams, and voter turnout
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): Jason Giersch, Christopher DongAbstractDespite attempts at using civic education to increase the civic engagement of young people, education policy is slow to adopt the recommendations of research and great variation exists within the United States in how schools deliver civics instruction. We hypothesize that when states make civics requirements more uniform and demanding, statewide civic participation among young people increases. Using state-level data about civic education requirements and voter registration and turnout from the...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The United States Agency for International Development and forest loss: A cross-national analysis of environmental aid
Publication date: June 2018Source: The Social Science Journal, Volume 55, Issue 2Author(s): Michael Restivo, John M. Shandra, Jamie M. SommerAbstractAmong scholars of international development, there is a debate regarding the effectiveness of bilateral aid to improve the natural environment. Here we focus on evaluating whether United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) aid in the environmental sector reduces forest loss. Little empirical evidence exists on this question, partly because of the challenge of modeling such a relationship, given the problem of endogeneity whereby the same social, political, ...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Associations between cyberbullying victimization and deviant health risk behaviors
Publication date: Available online 5 June 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Roderick Graham, Frank R. WoodAbstractThe primary aim of this study is to establish associations between cyberbullying victimization and health risk behaviors that have been traditionally linked to juvenile delinquency. These “deviant health risk behaviors” include drug use, alcohol use, and sex with multiple partners. A secondary aim is to compare the effects of cyberbullying on these deviant health risk behaviors to the effects of physical bullying. Models are estimated using the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted by the...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Stakeholders and voluntary climate reduction goals at large U.S. firms: An institutional analysis
Publication date: Available online 8 June 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Nicholas RekstenAbstractWhat leads firms to develop voluntary greenhouse gas reduction goals? This paper discusses the results of interviews conducted with vice presidents and managers responsible for environmental sustainability initiatives at large U.S. firms. To situate the analysis, it develops a theoretical framework that sees the firm as a socially embedded creation, where stakeholder groups exert varying levels of influence and provide the context in which the firm responds to outside information in the face of uncertainty. By...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A critical approach to wage devaluation: The case of Spanish economic recovery
Publication date: Available online 18 June 2018Source: The Social Science JournalAuthor(s): Javier Bilbao-Ubillos, Ana Fernández-SainzAbstractIn line with the orientation of EU economic policy, the Spanish government has favoured a strategy of internal devaluation as a way of adjusting price levels within the currency union. The results of empirical studies indicate that the internal devaluation applied in Spain does not seem to have attained the desired goals in terms of reducing the relative prices of exports and consolidating a model of growth based on external demand. Indeed, the estimates drawn up show that tailwinds...
Source: The Social Science Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
