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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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A bug in the system: speculations on cybernetics, superorganisms, and simulated serendipity

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Layla Fassa
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

What is a cybernetic organism in the age of digital imagining? Where can we find a historical nexus between the methods used to models systems and the increasing velocity of digital images? How do bodies fracture and congeal when integrated...

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Child brides in India

Publication Date
2011-January-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Johnson-Lans, Shirley
Patricia Jones
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants of child marriage using a new data set from rural India. Specifically, we focus on an extreme form of child marriage--that is, the marriage of girls under the age of ten. No other study to...

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Do NGOs make a difference: a case study of rural Rajasthan

Publication Date
2008-July-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Johnson-Lans, Shirley
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

An empirical analysis of effects of NGO interventions on health and education of women and girls in rural Rajasthan employs an original micro data set to address criticisms of NGO effectiveness. Isolating the effects of the NGO's programs from personal...

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Does post-graduate education affect women's investment in health? A study of the determinants of preventative health

Publication Date
2005-October-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Johnson-Lans, Shirley
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

Does the well established positive association between education and investment in health hold for education beyond college? This study examines the effect of having a postgraduate degree on investment in health, using an original data set composed of samples of...

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