Steven T Yen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1414093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven T Yen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven T |
| FAMILY NAME | Yen |
| SIGNATURE | YEN S T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Modeling censored tourism expenditures in Turkey with non-normal and heteroscedastic errors
Censoring, extreme values, and non-normal distribution are common features in microdata. These data features can compromise the statistical distributions of the estimators when an appropriate model is not used. We use an inverse hyperbolic sine (IHS) transformation in the double-hurdle (DH) model to accommodate extreme values and skewness in censored accommodation spending among Turkish households. The full-parameterized model nests many restrict…
Should the U.S. Federal Government Expand Its Efforts to Help the Poor? Attitudes of Conservatives, Liberals, Republicans, and Democrats
Even when controlling for big versus small government philosophies, this paper reports quantitatively significant cleavages in the probabilities of supporting increased federal antipoverty efforts that persist between conservatives and liberals, and Republicans and Democrats. However, predicted conditional probabilities show that support for increased welfare spending or federal responsibility in raising the standard of living of the poor is not …
The role of household demographic factors in shaping transportation spending in Turkey
A Bivariate Probit Model of Attitudes Toward the Preferential Hiring and Promotion of Women and Black People
Does Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reduce Food Insecurity among Households with Children? Evidence from the Current Population Survey
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to improve household diet and food security-a pressing problem confronting low-income families in the United States. Previous studies on the issue often ignored the methodological issue of endogenous program participation. We revisit this important issue by estimating a simultaneous equation system with ordinal household food insecurity. Data are drawn from the 2009-2011 Current Pop…
Political Ideology, Political Party, and Support for Greater Federal Spending on Environmental Protection in the United States
This paper focuses on the effects of political ideology and party affiliation on support for more government spending on environmental protection. Pooled-sample results show that Liberals (Democrats) are more likely to support higher government spending on environmental protection than Moderates (Independents), who, in turn, are more likely to support higher spending levels than Conservatives (Republicans). The results persist even when we contro…
Individual Attitudes Toward Government’s Role in Redistributing Income in the United States
Religiosity, political conservatism, and support for legalized abortion
Using pooled data from the General Social Surveys, we estimated a bivariate ordered probit model of support for legalized elective- and traumatic- based abortions. Unlike past literature, we treat religiosity (practice and salience), religious orthodoxy, political ideology, and party identification as endogenous regressors. Religious orthodoxy is found to reduce the probability of supporting legalized abortions while religiosity increases it. Inc…
Religiousness and Support for Same‐Sex Marriage
Objectives The effects of religiosity and sociodemographic characteristics on support for same‐sex marriage (SSM) are estimated. Methods An ordered probability model with ordinal endogenous treatment is estimated. Treatment effects of religiosity and marginal effects of other covariates are calculated. Results Religiosity reduces the likelihood of SSM support. This impact can be attenuated by educational achievement, Democratic Party affiliation,…
An historical perspective on health‐risk awareness and unhealthy behaviour
OBJECTIVE: This paper investigates the change through time in the perception of smoking-related health harm and smoking behaviour from 1949 to 1981. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: A variety of common behaviours can be linked to chronic disease risk-smoking, over-eating, and excessive sitting, to name a few. Changing behaviours to reduce exposure to such risks can be an effort that spans generations and decades. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Respondents to G…
Household food demand in Turkey
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner expenditures away from home in the United States
Factors determining awareness and knowledge of aquatic invasive species
The effects of SNAP and WIC programs on nutrient intakes of children
Consumer knowledge and meat consumption at home and away from home
Spatial variation of output‐input elasticities
Changing household characteristics and the away-from-home food market
Do dietary intakes affect search for nutrient information on food labels
Information, Health Risk Beliefs, and the Demand for Fats and Oils
Mean and variance measures of health information about cholesterol and saturated fat are included in a demand system for fats and oils. A Bayesian model of health risk belief and consumer awareness surveys are the basis for computing these measures. The empirical demand model shows that health information has resulted in significant increases in consumption for corn, cottonseed, and soybean oils and decreased consumption for butter and lard. The …
Do dietary intakes affect search for nutrient information on food labels
Religiosity, political conservatism, and support for legalized abortion
Using pooled data from the General Social Surveys, we estimated a bivariate ordered probit model of support for legalized elective- and traumatic- based abortions. Unlike past literature, we treat religiosity (practice and salience), religious orthodoxy, political ideology, and party identification as endogenous regressors. Religious orthodoxy is found to reduce the probability of supporting legalized abortions while religiosity increases it. Inc…
The effects of SNAP and WIC programs on nutrient intakes of children
Changing household characteristics and the away-from-home food market
Consumer knowledge and meat consumption at home and away from home
Religiousness and Support for Same‐Sex Marriage
Objectives The effects of religiosity and sociodemographic characteristics on support for same‐sex marriage (SSM) are estimated. Methods An ordered probability model with ordinal endogenous treatment is estimated. Treatment effects of religiosity and marginal effects of other covariates are calculated. Results Religiosity reduces the likelihood of SSM support. This impact can be attenuated by educational achievement, Democratic Party affiliation,…
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner expenditures away from home in the United States
Political Ideology, Political Party, and Support for Greater Federal Spending on Environmental Protection in the United States
This paper focuses on the effects of political ideology and party affiliation on support for more government spending on environmental protection. Pooled-sample results show that Liberals (Democrats) are more likely to support higher government spending on environmental protection than Moderates (Independents), who, in turn, are more likely to support higher spending levels than Conservatives (Republicans). The results persist even when we contro…
Individual Attitudes Toward Government’s Role in Redistributing Income in the United States
Household food demand in Turkey
Information, Health Risk Beliefs, and the Demand for Fats and Oils
Mean and variance measures of health information about cholesterol and saturated fat are included in a demand system for fats and oils. A Bayesian model of health risk belief and consumer awareness surveys are the basis for computing these measures. The empirical demand model shows that health information has resulted in significant increases in consumption for corn, cottonseed, and soybean oils and decreased consumption for butter and lard. The …
Changing household characteristics and the away-from-home food market
Do dietary intakes affect search for nutrient information on food labels
Spatial variation of output‐input elasticities
Consumer knowledge and meat consumption at home and away from home
The effects of SNAP and WIC programs on nutrient intakes of children
Factors determining awareness and knowledge of aquatic invasive species
Household food demand in Turkey
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner expenditures away from home in the United States
An historical perspective on health‐risk awareness and unhealthy behaviour
OBJECTIVE: This paper investigates the change through time in the perception of smoking-related health harm and smoking behaviour from 1949 to 1981. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: A variety of common behaviours can be linked to chronic disease risk-smoking, over-eating, and excessive sitting, to name a few. Changing behaviours to reduce exposure to such risks can be an effort that spans generations and decades. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Respondents to G…
Religiosity, political conservatism, and support for legalized abortion
Using pooled data from the General Social Surveys, we estimated a bivariate ordered probit model of support for legalized elective- and traumatic- based abortions. Unlike past literature, we treat religiosity (practice and salience), religious orthodoxy, political ideology, and party identification as endogenous regressors. Religious orthodoxy is found to reduce the probability of supporting legalized abortions while religiosity increases it. Inc…
Religiousness and Support for Same‐Sex Marriage
Objectives The effects of religiosity and sociodemographic characteristics on support for same‐sex marriage (SSM) are estimated. Methods An ordered probability model with ordinal endogenous treatment is estimated. Treatment effects of religiosity and marginal effects of other covariates are calculated. Results Religiosity reduces the likelihood of SSM support. This impact can be attenuated by educational achievement, Democratic Party affiliation,…
Individual Attitudes Toward Government’s Role in Redistributing Income in the United States
Does Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reduce Food Insecurity among Households with Children? Evidence from the Current Population Survey
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to improve household diet and food security-a pressing problem confronting low-income families in the United States. Previous studies on the issue often ignored the methodological issue of endogenous program participation. We revisit this important issue by estimating a simultaneous equation system with ordinal household food insecurity. Data are drawn from the 2009-2011 Current Pop…
Political Ideology, Political Party, and Support for Greater Federal Spending on Environmental Protection in the United States
This paper focuses on the effects of political ideology and party affiliation on support for more government spending on environmental protection. Pooled-sample results show that Liberals (Democrats) are more likely to support higher government spending on environmental protection than Moderates (Independents), who, in turn, are more likely to support higher spending levels than Conservatives (Republicans). The results persist even when we contro…
The role of household demographic factors in shaping transportation spending in Turkey
A Bivariate Probit Model of Attitudes Toward the Preferential Hiring and Promotion of Women and Black People
Modeling censored tourism expenditures in Turkey with non-normal and heteroscedastic errors
Censoring, extreme values, and non-normal distribution are common features in microdata. These data features can compromise the statistical distributions of the estimators when an appropriate model is not used. We use an inverse hyperbolic sine (IHS) transformation in the double-hurdle (DH) model to accommodate extreme values and skewness in censored accommodation spending among Turkish households. The full-parameterized model nests many restrict…
Should the U.S. Federal Government Expand Its Efforts to Help the Poor? Attitudes of Conservatives, Liberals, Republicans, and Democrats
Even when controlling for big versus small government philosophies, this paper reports quantitatively significant cleavages in the probabilities of supporting increased federal antipoverty efforts that persist between conservatives and liberals, and Republicans and Democrats. However, predicted conditional probabilities show that support for increased welfare spending or federal responsibility in raising the standard of living of the poor is not …
Economics (15 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Econometrics (9 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Business (5 works)