Kathleen J Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3594616 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen J Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen J |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3187-175X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The effect of war exposure on children; an exploration of conflict and post-conflict gendered experiences
Armed conflict has tragically become commonplace in the lives of many children. Children do not only witness conflict violence and are subjected to it, but are also sometimes forced to perpetrate violence themselves. Recently, scholars from different fields have examined these experiences. However, few scholars have considered the experiences of girls or have compared these experiences to those of boys. This is surprising given the increased focu…
Ethnic politics and sovereign credit risk
How does domestic politics affect sovereign credit risk? To date, scholars have largely focused on how economic interests along class-cleavages influence sovereign default risk and borrowing costs. Ethnic dynamics are another important political factor that explains governments’ creditworthiness, yet are understudied. We investigate how ethnic politics shape governments’ credit access and argue that the fiscal incentives generated by ethnic coali…
Age and support for public debt reduction
Many scholars and policymakers see rising debt burdens in the industrialised world as the product of ageing populations. Prominent theoretical models of government debt accumulation – used to justify fiscal rules and austerity measures – explicitly assume that support for debt reduction decreases with age. While such models have been influential, the fundamental relationship between age and preferences for debt has not been tested empirically. We…
Local Food Price Volatility and School Dropout in Sub-Saharan Africa
Worldwide, children are enrolled in primary school in greater numbers than ever before. Nonetheless, school dropout rates are significant in many countries. A crucial factor in a child's education and potential for leaving school is their family's economic insecurity. Low-income households, in particular, are highly sensitive to food prices, and increases in the cost of food staples can force families to sacrifice education to smooth food consump…
Culture & European attitudes on public debt
Popular media and politicians have often blamed the high public debt of some EU countries on cultural differences. These claims are most apparent in the discourse contrasting ostensibly prudent Northern Europeans with spendthrift Southern Europeans. Despite the prominence of these and similar narratives and evidence that culture plays a nontrivial role in other economic outcomes, there is no systematic evidence that culture influences attitudes t…
Morphological analysis skill and academic vocabulary knowledge are malleable through intervention and may contribute to reading comprehension for multilingual adolescents
Background Morphological analysis skill is the ability to problem‐solve meanings of unfamiliar words by applying knowledge of morphological constituents. For vocabulary words from the academic layer of English, the major, meaning‐carrying morphological contituents are Latin roots ( nov meaning ‘new’ in innovative ). The degree to which morphological analysis skill using Latin roots is susceptible to intervention and whether improvements relate to…
Phonological Awareness Materials in Utah Kindergartens
Since well before the release of the National Reading Panel report in 2000, phonemic awareness has been an important topic for reading researchers. However, it is unclear the extent to which commercial materials for phonemic awareness instruction are consistent with that report and subsequent research. In the current study, we investigated the use of commercial kindergarten materials for such instruction in one state and suggest that the most wid…
The effects of strategy instruction on the comprehension performance of at‐risk students
S This instructional study examined group and individual differences arising from strategy instruction. In the first phase of the study, 67 fifth and sixth graders from a designated at‐risk school were randomly assigned to one of the three treatments—strategy instruction, story content instruction, and basal control instruction. For 5 weeks, all students received one of the three treatments embedded within a narrative selection they read each day…
The effects of strategy instruction on the comprehension performance of at‐risk students
S This instructional study examined group and individual differences arising from strategy instruction. In the first phase of the study, 67 fifth and sixth graders from a designated at‐risk school were randomly assigned to one of the three treatments—strategy instruction, story content instruction, and basal control instruction. For 5 weeks, all students received one of the three treatments embedded within a narrative selection they read each day…
Age and support for public debt reduction
Many scholars and policymakers see rising debt burdens in the industrialised world as the product of ageing populations. Prominent theoretical models of government debt accumulation – used to justify fiscal rules and austerity measures – explicitly assume that support for debt reduction decreases with age. While such models have been influential, the fundamental relationship between age and preferences for debt has not been tested empirically. We…
Local Food Price Volatility and School Dropout in Sub-Saharan Africa
Worldwide, children are enrolled in primary school in greater numbers than ever before. Nonetheless, school dropout rates are significant in many countries. A crucial factor in a child's education and potential for leaving school is their family's economic insecurity. Low-income households, in particular, are highly sensitive to food prices, and increases in the cost of food staples can force families to sacrifice education to smooth food consump…
The effect of war exposure on children; an exploration of conflict and post-conflict gendered experiences
Armed conflict has tragically become commonplace in the lives of many children. Children do not only witness conflict violence and are subjected to it, but are also sometimes forced to perpetrate violence themselves. Recently, scholars from different fields have examined these experiences. However, few scholars have considered the experiences of girls or have compared these experiences to those of boys. This is surprising given the increased focu…
Phonological Awareness Materials in Utah Kindergartens
Since well before the release of the National Reading Panel report in 2000, phonemic awareness has been an important topic for reading researchers. However, it is unclear the extent to which commercial materials for phonemic awareness instruction are consistent with that report and subsequent research. In the current study, we investigated the use of commercial kindergarten materials for such instruction in one state and suggest that the most wid…
The effects of strategy instruction on the comprehension performance of at‐risk students
S This instructional study examined group and individual differences arising from strategy instruction. In the first phase of the study, 67 fifth and sixth graders from a designated at‐risk school were randomly assigned to one of the three treatments—strategy instruction, story content instruction, and basal control instruction. For 5 weeks, all students received one of the three treatments embedded within a narrative selection they read each day…
Morphological analysis skill and academic vocabulary knowledge are malleable through intervention and may contribute to reading comprehension for multilingual adolescents
Background Morphological analysis skill is the ability to problem‐solve meanings of unfamiliar words by applying knowledge of morphological constituents. For vocabulary words from the academic layer of English, the major, meaning‐carrying morphological contituents are Latin roots ( nov meaning ‘new’ in innovative ). The degree to which morphological analysis skill using Latin roots is susceptible to intervention and whether improvements relate to…
Phonological Awareness Materials in Utah Kindergartens
Since well before the release of the National Reading Panel report in 2000, phonemic awareness has been an important topic for reading researchers. However, it is unclear the extent to which commercial materials for phonemic awareness instruction are consistent with that report and subsequent research. In the current study, we investigated the use of commercial kindergarten materials for such instruction in one state and suggest that the most wid…
Culture & European attitudes on public debt
Popular media and politicians have often blamed the high public debt of some EU countries on cultural differences. These claims are most apparent in the discourse contrasting ostensibly prudent Northern Europeans with spendthrift Southern Europeans. Despite the prominence of these and similar narratives and evidence that culture plays a nontrivial role in other economic outcomes, there is no systematic evidence that culture influences attitudes t…
Ethnic politics and sovereign credit risk
How does domestic politics affect sovereign credit risk? To date, scholars have largely focused on how economic interests along class-cleavages influence sovereign default risk and borrowing costs. Ethnic dynamics are another important political factor that explains governments’ creditworthiness, yet are understudied. We investigate how ethnic politics shape governments’ credit access and argue that the fiscal incentives generated by ethnic coali…
Age and support for public debt reduction
Many scholars and policymakers see rising debt burdens in the industrialised world as the product of ageing populations. Prominent theoretical models of government debt accumulation – used to justify fiscal rules and austerity measures – explicitly assume that support for debt reduction decreases with age. While such models have been influential, the fundamental relationship between age and preferences for debt has not been tested empirically. We…
Local Food Price Volatility and School Dropout in Sub-Saharan Africa
Worldwide, children are enrolled in primary school in greater numbers than ever before. Nonetheless, school dropout rates are significant in many countries. A crucial factor in a child's education and potential for leaving school is their family's economic insecurity. Low-income households, in particular, are highly sensitive to food prices, and increases in the cost of food staples can force families to sacrifice education to smooth food consump…
The effect of war exposure on children; an exploration of conflict and post-conflict gendered experiences
Armed conflict has tragically become commonplace in the lives of many children. Children do not only witness conflict violence and are subjected to it, but are also sometimes forced to perpetrate violence themselves. Recently, scholars from different fields have examined these experiences. However, few scholars have considered the experiences of girls or have compared these experiences to those of boys. This is surprising given the increased focu…
Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Finance (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Reading (process) (3 works) · Comprehension (2 works) · Debt (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)