Browsing Washburn Faculty Research by Author "Ball, Jennifer"
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An Analysis of Economic and Social Recession - Affected Constructs in the Kansas City Region (2000-2009)
Martin, James; Ball, Jennifer; Schrum, Janice (Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-09-1)It is a common occurrence. This time, maybe it is the luncheon speaker at a suburban Johnson County Rotary Club meeting. Or maybe it is two retirees discussing the latest weather and economic forecasts at a diner in a small ... -
The B Corporation: Economic Thought on 'Doing Good' and the Profit Motive
Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-10-1)In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, David Brooks stated, "B corporations are a way to transcend the contradictions between the ineffective parts of the social sector and myopic capitalism." Since "myopic capitalism" ... -
Body Mass Index and Women's Work Behavior in the United States: Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing
Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2008-11-1)Most research in the area of economics and obesity attempts to identify the cause(s) of the increase in the average body mass index (BMI) in developed countries. Common themes include lower relative food prices, technological ... -
Causality of Women's Labor Force Participation and Education
Ball, Jennifer; Walker, Rosemary (Washburn University. School of Business, 2003-12-1)Labor force studies have confirmed that women who have more education are more likely to participate in the labor force. However, whether women work because they have more education, or women pursue education because they ... -
Femininity and Marketability of Female Athletes: An Economic Extension of "The Female Apologetic"
Walker, Rosemary; McGinnis, Lee; Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2006-11-1)Scholarship in sociology and gender studies suggests a female apologetic may exist in the sports world, whereby female athletes feel the need to apologize for participating in the masculine realm of sports by emphasizing ... -
Feminization of the Labor Force and Structural Adjustment: Effects on Job Segregation by Sex
Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-08-1)In Cagatay and Ozler's (1995) exploration of the effects of development and structural adjustment on the feminization of the workforce, the authors found that adjusting countries had larger female shares of their workforces ... -
Gender Gap in Undergraduate Business Programs
Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-11-1)In the last several years there has been much scholarship in the area of the "reverse gender gap" in colleges and universities, as there have been more women than men attending and graduating from colleges and universities ... -
Paying for Undergraduate Education: Recent Trends in Tuition, Income, Institution Choice, and Debt
Ockree, Kanalis; Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2016-08-1)In 1999-00, business students borrowed substantially less to pay for their educations than non-business students. By 2011-12 this difference had disappeared. We describe changes in tuition, incomes, and choice of institution ... -
She Works Hard for the Money: Women in Kansas Agriculture
Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-10-1)Much scholarship exists on women in agriculture in developing countries, especially China, India, and countries in Latin America. There has been much less research on the topic in developed economies, presumably because ... -
Women Farmers in Developed Countries: A Literature Review
Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2018-11-1)Very little research into women farmers in developed countries has been produced by economists, but much of what has been studied by scholars in other disciplines has economic implications. This article reviews such research ...