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2020-3 Optimal Contracting With Altruistic Agents: A Structural Model Of Medicare Payments For Dialysis Drugs, Martin Gaynor, Nirav Mehta, Seth Richards-Shubik Jan 2020

2020-3 Optimal Contracting With Altruistic Agents: A Structural Model Of Medicare Payments For Dialysis Drugs, Martin Gaynor, Nirav Mehta, Seth Richards-Shubik

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

We study physician agency and optimal payment policy in the context of an expensive medication used in dialysis care. Using Medicare claims data we estimate a structural model of treatment decisions, in which physicians differ in their altruism and marginal costs, and this heterogeneity is unobservable to the government. In a novel application of nonlinear pricing methods, we theoretically characterize the optimal unrestricted contract in this screening environment with multidimensional heterogeneity. We combine these results with the estimated model to construct the optimal contract and simulate counterfactual outcomes. The optimal contract is a flexible fee-for-service contract, which pays for reported …

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2020-7 Marriage, Children, And Labor Supply: Beliefs And Outcomes, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner Jan 2020

2020-7 Marriage, Children, And Labor Supply: Beliefs And Outcomes, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

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2020-6 The Eitc And Maternal Time Use: More Time Working And Less Time With Kids?, Jacob Bastian, Lance Lochner Jan 2020

2020-6 The Eitc And Maternal Time Use: More Time Working And Less Time With Kids?, Jacob Bastian, Lance Lochner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

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2020-8 Perceived And Actual Option Values Of College Enrollment, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner Jan 2020

2020-8 Perceived And Actual Option Values Of College Enrollment, Yifan Gong, Todd Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

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2020-9 Self-Employment And Development, Juan Herreno, Sergio Ocampo Jan 2020

2020-9 Self-Employment And Development, Juan Herreno, Sergio Ocampo

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

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Female Social Entrepreneurship In Sport, In The African Context: Systemic Review, Denise Kamyuka Jan 2020

Female Social Entrepreneurship In Sport, In The African Context: Systemic Review, Denise Kamyuka

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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L'École Ivoirienne: Taux De Réussite Ou Formation De Qualité?, Seydou Ouattara Jan 2020

L'École Ivoirienne: Taux De Réussite Ou Formation De Qualité?, Seydou Ouattara

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Place Of Hope Or Despair? Investigating Social Mobility In Harare's Informal Settlements, Senanu Kwasi Kutor Jan 2020

Place Of Hope Or Despair? Investigating Social Mobility In Harare's Informal Settlements, Senanu Kwasi Kutor

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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This Is A Good Place To Live! Narratives And Counternarratives On Territorial Stigmatization In Harare's Informal Settlements, Elmond Bandauko Jan 2020

This Is A Good Place To Live! Narratives And Counternarratives On Territorial Stigmatization In Harare's Informal Settlements, Elmond Bandauko

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Hiv Prevention Among Heterosexual Blackmen In Ontario: The Need To Revisit Provincial Policy, Roger Antabe Western University, London Ontario, Erica Lawson, Winston Husbands, Josephine Wong, Godwin Arku, Isaac Luginaah Jan 2020

Hiv Prevention Among Heterosexual Blackmen In Ontario: The Need To Revisit Provincial Policy, Roger Antabe Western University, London Ontario, Erica Lawson, Winston Husbands, Josephine Wong, Godwin Arku, Isaac Luginaah

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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When You Preach Water And You Drink Wine: Exploring The Implementation, Use And Management Of Wash In Healthcare Facilities In Kisumu County, Thelma Zulfawu Abu, Susan J. Elliott, Diana Karanja Jan 2020

When You Preach Water And You Drink Wine: Exploring The Implementation, Use And Management Of Wash In Healthcare Facilities In Kisumu County, Thelma Zulfawu Abu, Susan J. Elliott, Diana Karanja

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Western Heads East Remote Internship: Canada-Rwanda Partnership, Katherine Butler, Eva Chang Jan 2020

Western Heads East Remote Internship: Canada-Rwanda Partnership, Katherine Butler, Eva Chang

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Ecoland, Josephine Mariz De Leon, Ryan Grilli, Yasmina Gaber, Riddhi Nandola, Mofiyin Lawal Jan 2020

Ecoland, Josephine Mariz De Leon, Ryan Grilli, Yasmina Gaber, Riddhi Nandola, Mofiyin Lawal

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Tackling Access To Water And Sanitation, And Gender-Based Violence: A Parallel Case Study Of Ngos In Sub-Saharan Africa, Maurice Dogoli, Susan J. Elliott Jan 2020

Tackling Access To Water And Sanitation, And Gender-Based Violence: A Parallel Case Study Of Ngos In Sub-Saharan Africa, Maurice Dogoli, Susan J. Elliott

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Coping Strategies Of Agrarian Households, Daniel Amoak Jan 2020

Coping Strategies Of Agrarian Households, Daniel Amoak

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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The Conundrum Of Vanishing 'Gold' In The African Savannah, Eunice Annan-Aggrey Jan 2020

The Conundrum Of Vanishing 'Gold' In The African Savannah, Eunice Annan-Aggrey

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Farmer And Herder Conflict Dynamics In Ghana: The Role Of Environmental Scarcity, Daniel Kofi Banini Jan 2020

Farmer And Herder Conflict Dynamics In Ghana: The Role Of Environmental Scarcity, Daniel Kofi Banini

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Credit Access And Perceived Climate Change Resilience Of Smallholder Farmers In Semi-Arid Northern Ghana, Evans Batung Jan 2020

Credit Access And Perceived Climate Change Resilience Of Smallholder Farmers In Semi-Arid Northern Ghana, Evans Batung

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Intra-Household Decision Making Arrangements And Food Security In Semi-Arid Ghana, Kamaldeen Mohammed Jan 2020

Intra-Household Decision Making Arrangements And Food Security In Semi-Arid Ghana, Kamaldeen Mohammed

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Estimating Yield Of Household Groundnut Fields In Rural Smallholder Farming Systems: Implication For Household Food Security, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Isaac Luginaah, Jinfei Wang Jan 2020

Estimating Yield Of Household Groundnut Fields In Rural Smallholder Farming Systems: Implication For Household Food Security, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Isaac Luginaah, Jinfei Wang

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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Pigeon Pea Cultivation In Uganda, Russell Sun, Anusheh Hasan, Cara Boyd, Priscilla Matthews Jan 2020

Pigeon Pea Cultivation In Uganda, Russell Sun, Anusheh Hasan, Cara Boyd, Priscilla Matthews

Africa Western Collaborations Day 2020 Abstracts

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The Masculinity Of Genocide: Examining The Male Dimensions Of Genocide, Genocide Ideology, And Violence., Zachary Matthews Jan 2020

The Masculinity Of Genocide: Examining The Male Dimensions Of Genocide, Genocide Ideology, And Violence., Zachary Matthews

2020 Undergraduate Awards

The 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi, contrary to common perceptions, is one of the most methodological and efficient genocides in human history. The widespread use of violence, both physical and sexual, was central to the realisation of genocide ideology. This violence has a current estimate of around 1,070,000 killed, and an estimated 250,000 to 500,000 who experienced sexual violence during a period only spanning three months.1 The genocide produced the first conviction of rape used as a weapon of genocide with the conviction of Jean-Paul Akayesu. The Rwandan Genocide had revealed the impact where gender, particularly masculinity, has …

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Missing Trans Bodies In The Canadian House Of Commons: Paths To Power For Gender-Diverse Canadians, Christopher Anthony Jan 2020

Missing Trans Bodies In The Canadian House Of Commons: Paths To Power For Gender-Diverse Canadians, Christopher Anthony

2020 Undergraduate Awards

Despite substantial public acceptance for Canadian sexual and gender minorities, LGBT people remain on the margins of obtaining equitable federal political representation. In the 2015 election, twenty-one openly LGBT candidates ran for office with just six winning a seat in the House of Commons (HoC). Of these candidates, one identified as openly-transgender. According to John Adams, legislatures should be “[miniature portraits] of the people at large, and … should feel, reason and act like them.” If so, Canada’s parliament lags in achieving LGBT equitable representation, given that LGBT people make up as much as ten percent of the Canadian population …

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Soundscaping The Archives: Disrupting Boundaries Through Sensory Research, Kathryn Allyn, Roza Tchoukaleyska Jan 2020

Soundscaping The Archives: Disrupting Boundaries Through Sensory Research, Kathryn Allyn, Roza Tchoukaleyska

Geography & Environment Publications

Through this paper, we seek to re-imagine and challenge the meaning of archival spaces. While archival spaces are repositories of information, they are also sites where cultural values and public memory are shaped, and forms of power enacted. Drawing on sensory ethnography research in the Le Corbusier archives in Paris, France, we consider how boundaries are disrupted through noise, echo, reverberations, buzzing, and other “sounds.” Our work is presented in two overlapping textures: a soundtrack, with recordings from the Le Corbusier archives; and the text written out below. Alongside tracing archival soundscapes, a secondary function of this paper is to …

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Understanding Global Change: From Documentation And Collaboration To Social Transformation, Karen E. Pennesi Jan 2020

Understanding Global Change: From Documentation And Collaboration To Social Transformation, Karen E. Pennesi

Anthropology Publications

The conclusion to the book situates the chapters within four programs of anthropological research on climate change: (1) documentation of local impacts of and adaptations to climate change, (2) connections to socioeconomic and political contexts, (3) collaborations with nonanthropologists, and (4) activism and social transformation. The final section notes the persistent challenges to creating positive change and meaningful research outcomes. It highlights some examples of success and outlines future directions for politically engaged anthropological work around climate change.

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Improving Supports For Diverse Women Entering Executive Roles, Karen E. Pennesi, Ibtesum Afrin, Fattimah Hamam, Badarinarayan Maharaj, Raisa Masud, Luis Meléndez, Natalia Parra, Ashley Piskor Jan 2020

Improving Supports For Diverse Women Entering Executive Roles, Karen E. Pennesi, Ibtesum Afrin, Fattimah Hamam, Badarinarayan Maharaj, Raisa Masud, Luis Meléndez, Natalia Parra, Ashley Piskor

Anthropology Publications

We report on research identifying supports and barriers for women of diverse backgrounds entering executive roles in Canadian organizations. Intersectionality explains how different social categories such as gender, age and ethnoracial identity are interrelated and affect the professional lives of women. Family supports and networking are key to women's success. The COVID-19 pandemic presents both problems and opportunities for working women. This research was conducted as a graduate student project in collaboration with the Women's Executive Network. We offer recommendations for how organizations can better support women entering leadership roles.

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Supports For Migrant Farmworkers: Tensions In (In)Access And (In)Action, Susana Caxaj, Amy Cohen, Sarah Marsden Jan 2020

Supports For Migrant Farmworkers: Tensions In (In)Access And (In)Action, Susana Caxaj, Amy Cohen, Sarah Marsden

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Publications

Purpose: This study examined the role of support actors in promoting or hindering access to migrant agricultural workers' (MAWs) needs, and, to determine the factors that influence adequate support for this population.
Methodology: Employing a Situational Analysis methodology, we carried out focus groups and interviews with 35 support actors complimented by a community scan (n=28) with public-facing support persons and a community consultation with migrant agricultural workers (MAWs).
Findings: Two major themes were revealed: (In)access and (In)action, and; Blurred Lines in Service Provision. The first illustrated how support actors could both reinforce or challenge barriers for this population through tensions …

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Biology 4920g: Companion Planting In The Community, Jacquline A. Nathaniel Jan 2020

Biology 4920g: Companion Planting In The Community, Jacquline A. Nathaniel

Community Engaged Learning Final Projects

LIFE*SPIN is a local organization in London, Ontario that provides resources to individuals and families dependent on low income to ultimately break the poverty cycle by encouraging sustainable living and self-sufficiency. For this Seminar in Biology course, Maria Bata and I partnered with LIFE*SPIN to plan and execute a "Seeding Planting Party" to teach children about basic botany, nutrition, and leadership. The following final paper for this seminar discusses the project deliverables and efforts, biological research concerning companion planting, and personal reflection on this experience.

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Finding Those Once Lost: The Analysis Of The Potter's Field At Woodland Cemetery, London, On Jan 2020

Finding Those Once Lost: The Analysis Of The Potter's Field At Woodland Cemetery, London, On

Archaeology eBook Collection

Mortuary archaeology is the archaeological study of death and burial. In North America, the anthropological, cross-cultural, and deep temporal perspectives are employed (cf. Martin et al. 2013a). The myriad ways that societies deal with death are the product of complex and intertwined social, economic, and environmental factors such as class, gender, ethnicity, subsistence practice, and social complexity, to name a few. Therefore, the study of mortuary rituals sheds important light on social complexity and organization. This makes it an excellent topic for an advanced course in a Department of Anthropology. The research described in this report is the result of …

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To Follow Or Not To Follow: Social Norms And Civic Duty During A Pandemic, Laura French Bourgeois, Allison Harell, Laura B. Stephenson Jan 2020

To Follow Or Not To Follow: Social Norms And Civic Duty During A Pandemic, Laura French Bourgeois, Allison Harell, Laura B. Stephenson

Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread calls from government officials for people to drastically change their behaviour to slow the spread of the disease. From self-quarantining to maintaining physical distance from others, these measures only work if there is widespread adherence. In this article, we explore how one's sense of duty and one's perception of other people's behaviour shape who follows health recommendations. Drawing on the 2020 Democracy Checkup survey, we show that one's own sense of duty and a belief that most other Canadians are adhering to the rules decrease how often people report breaking the rules. Furthermore, …

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