Peer Reviewed Research

The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Household Finances

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

2018

Associate Professor Lauren Jones analyzes how expansions to the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) affected household finances over the past two decades.

Wage and Employment Growth in America’s Drug Epidemic: Is All Growth Created Equal?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

2018

Associate Professor Lauren Jones examines the narrative whereby opioid overdoses among white, male, less-educated, rural workers have been caused by reduced economic opportunities borne by such people.

Economic Inquiry

2019

Associate Professor Lauren Jones investigates whether savings and debt among EITC‐eligible families reflect the timing of payments.

Child Cash Benefits and Family Expenditures: Evidence from the National Child Benefit

Canadian Journal of Economics

2019

Associate Professor Lauren Jones studies how income may improve child outcomes.

A Balancing Act: Disproportionate Sampling of Organic Foods

Journal of Food Products Marketing

2015

Professor Neal Hooker demonstrates that there is little statistical difference, and even a net gain in predictive power, when using a balanced sample to test factors that influence a firm’s decision to market organic food.

Journal of Food Products Marketing

2016

Professor Neal Hooker explores efforts targeting children’s health and nutrition.

Comparing UK Food Retailers Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies

British Food Journal

2017

Professor Neal Hooker examines how socio-economic and institutional factors impact UK food retailers’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies as revealed in corporate communications and product marketing.

Journal of Food Science

2017

Professor Neal Hooker examines how an all-natural label impacts judgments of perceived food quality, nutritional content, and acceptance.

What's in a Name? The Impact of Fair Trade Claims on Product Price

Agribusiness: An International Journal

2016

Professor Neal Hooker uses food marketing and other data to find the impact of a fair trade label on a product.

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

2017

Professor Neal Hooker reviews empirical assessments of Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) and Electronic Benefits Transfer research, and presents policy considerations in the program's future expansion.