Tamara Mcgavock
Biographic Data
| ID | 4471858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamara Mcgavock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamara |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgavock |
| SIGNATURE | MCGAVOCK T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Grinnell College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9119-8440 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Who is asking and how? Effects of survey mode and enumerator gender on measuring women’s life experience
Now, Later, or Never? Evidence of the effect of weather shocks on female genital cutting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Here waits the bride? The effect of Ethiopia's child marriage law
Low-Income Housing Development, Poverty Concentration, and Neighborhood Inequality: Low-Income Housing Development
Considerable debate exists about the merits of place‐based programs that steer new development, and particularly affordable housing development, into low‐income neighborhoods. Exploiting quasi‐experimental variation in incentives to construct and rehabilitate rental housing across neighborhoods generated by Low‐Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program rules, we explore the impacts of subsidized development on local housing construction, poverty …
When Competition Corrupts: A Theoretical Analysis of Market Structure and the Incidence of Corruption
The paper develops a simple model to demonstrate that, paradoxically, greater competition may exacerbate the problem of corruption. Market participants engaging in corrupt practices enjoy lower production costs -- maybe because they pay a bribe to avoid installing the environmental safeguards required by law -- such that honest players are driven out of the market when the market becomes sufficiently competitive.
Here waits the bride? The effect of Ethiopia's child marriage law
Low-Income Housing Development, Poverty Concentration, and Neighborhood Inequality: Low-Income Housing Development
Considerable debate exists about the merits of place‐based programs that steer new development, and particularly affordable housing development, into low‐income neighborhoods. Exploiting quasi‐experimental variation in incentives to construct and rehabilitate rental housing across neighborhoods generated by Low‐Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program rules, we explore the impacts of subsidized development on local housing construction, poverty …
Who is asking and how? Effects of survey mode and enumerator gender on measuring women’s life experience
Now, Later, or Never? Evidence of the effect of weather shocks on female genital cutting in Sub-Saharan Africa
When Competition Corrupts: A Theoretical Analysis of Market Structure and the Incidence of Corruption
The paper develops a simple model to demonstrate that, paradoxically, greater competition may exacerbate the problem of corruption. Market participants engaging in corrupt practices enjoy lower production costs -- maybe because they pay a bribe to avoid installing the environmental safeguards required by law -- such that honest players are driven out of the market when the market becomes sufficiently competitive.
Low-Income Housing Development, Poverty Concentration, and Neighborhood Inequality: Low-Income Housing Development
Considerable debate exists about the merits of place‐based programs that steer new development, and particularly affordable housing development, into low‐income neighborhoods. Exploiting quasi‐experimental variation in incentives to construct and rehabilitate rental housing across neighborhoods generated by Low‐Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program rules, we explore the impacts of subsidized development on local housing construction, poverty …
Here waits the bride? The effect of Ethiopia's child marriage law
Now, Later, or Never? Evidence of the effect of weather shocks on female genital cutting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Who is asking and how? Effects of survey mode and enumerator gender on measuring women’s life experience
Economics (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)