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    Understanding Participation in Social Programs: Why Don't Households Pick up the Lifeline? (2007)
    Berkeley, Calif. : Berkeley Electronic Press (now: De Gruyter)
    The @B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 7.2007, 1, art57 
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    ISSN: 1555-0494
    Source: Berkeley Electronic Press Academic Journals
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: In this study, we draw upon data from the low-income Lifeline Assistance Program (Lifeline) for telephone service to examine the participation of eligible households in social programs designed to alleviate financial hardship. Utilizing panel data on participation levels in 1997 and 2003 and the associated variation in state-level policies, we are able to identify program characteristics that significantly affect participation rates. In particular, we find that participation rates are significantly negatively influenced by limitations that some states place on the ability of Lifeline subscribers to utilize optional calling features such as three-way calling or call forwarding. We also find that program participation is positively influenced by the longevity of the individual state's Lifeline program. While no direct test of state-level advertising is feasible, this result is suggestive of an inter-temporal pattern of information dissemination that grows with program longevity. Because eligibility for the Lifeline service is conditional upon participation in other low-income public programs, we also find that: (1) the larger the number of "portals" (i.e., low income public programs that states identify as creating Lifeline eligibility), the higher is participation; and (2) higher financial benefits of these portal programs attract greater participation in Lifeline programs. These results suggest important linkages that may be exploited through coordination of low-income assistance programs. Finally, we test for, and find that variations in Lifeline benefits significantly influence participation rates.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol7/iss1/art57
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    Reality orientation for the elderly: a critique (1982)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of advanced nursing 7 (1982), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1365-2648
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Outcome studies of reality orientation (RO) with confused elderly people, are reviewed. While there is evidence that RO can sometimes improve orientation to the environment, there is no evidence that this leads to any other behavioural changes. RO may also be criticized in terms of its appropriateness to the people and the settings for which it is used. Finally, an alternative, behavioural-ecological approach to working with the elderly is outlined.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1982.tb00259.x
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    Railroad Deregulation, Carrier Behavior and Shipper Response: A Disaggregated Analysis (1993)
    Norwell, Mass. : Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
    Journal of regulatory economics. 5:4 (1993:Dec.) 417-434 
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    ISSN: 0922-680X
    Topics: Economics
    URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:h431-1993-005-04-000005
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    Railroad deregulation, carrier behavior, and shipper response: A disaggregated analysis (1993)
    Springer
    Journal of regulatory economics 5 (1993), S. 417-434 
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    ISSN: 1573-0468
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Abstract The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 provided American railroads with almost complete relief from rate regulation. Regulatory reforms resulted in rapid and pronounced changes in firm behavior and an eventual reconfiguration of the industry as a whole. This investigation provides a highly disaggregated study of deregulated rail rates for seventeen commodities. The results indicate that the Staggers Act fundamentally altered the way in which rail carriers price their services. As importantly, the results suggest that shippers have responded to altered railroad behavior by changing the characteristics of their shipments. Together, the changes in railroad behavior and shipper responses to these variations have produced lower railroad rates for a small but measurable number of movements across a wide range of commodities.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01065406
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