Browsing BBR Reports by Author "Kammer-Kerwick, Matt"
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Asset-Based, Sustainable Local Economic Development: Using Community Participation to Improve Quality of Life Across Rural, Small-Town, and Urban Communities
(Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2022-06-22)We analyze survey data from 5,487 residents of 85 Texas communities, including rural communities, small towns, medium-sized cities, and the five largest urban centers, to model the influence of the degree of urbanity and ... -
Cultivating Learning and Safe Environments: An Empirical Study of Prevalence and Perceptions of Sexual Harassment, Stalking, Dating/Domestic Abuse and Violence, and Unwanted Sexual Contact
(The University of Texas SystemInstitute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, The University of Texas at AustinBureau of Business Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2017-03)The Cultivating Learning and Safe Environments (CLASE) (pronounced ‘class’) project is a research study about University of Texas System students’ experiences with sexual harassment, stalking, dating/domestic abuse and ... -
Dell Medical School Impact on Innovation: Biomedical and Life Sciences
(2022)Innovating new ideas, products and technologies is a key goal and among the top outcomes of any medical school. When it launched in 2014, Dell Med’s inaugural dean talked often about innovative new approaches to its life ... -
Disrupting Illicit Supply Networks: New Applications of Operations Research and Data Analytics to End Modern Slavery
(Bureau of Business Research, 2018-05-01)Report from a 2017 National Science Foundation workshop on promising research directions for applications of operations research and data analytics toward the disruption of illicit supply networks like human trafficking. ... -
Health and Well-Being: Texas Statewide Sexual Assault Prevalence Study
(Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, The University of Texas at Austin, 2015-08)Final report from a study conducted in 2015 on the prevalence of sexual assault in Texas. The study was based on a statewide telephone survey conducted in English and Spanish using a randomly selected, representative sample ... -
Human Trafficking by the Numbers: The Initial Benchmark of Prevalence and Economic Impact for Texas
(Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA), The University of Texas at Austin, 2016-12)Report from the Statewide Human Trafficking Mapping Project of Texas, a collaboration among the Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault (IDVSA) and the Bureau of Business Research at The University of Texas at ... -
Resources for Texas Sexual Assault Survivors
(2020-11)The specific project aims were to inventory the sexual assault services available in Texas, assess sexual assault survivors’ needs by region for the 11 Texas regions, and develop a sexual assault services resource inventory. -
Survey of Texas Black-owned Businesses
(2014-06-19)Report on the state of black-owned businesses in Texas, based on 2010 Census data and a statewide survey of black business owners conducted in 2013. The demographic portion of the study found that the number of black-owned ... -
“To the Public, Nothing was Wrong with Me”: Life Experiences of Minors and Youth in Texas At Risk for Commercial Sexual Exploitation
(2019-03)This study describes child sex trafficking in three regions across Texas using empirically grounded qualitative and quantitative research methods. It is intended to expand the body and depth of knowledge that can that can ... -
Wage Theft and Work Safety: Immigrant Day Labor Jobs and the Potential for Worker Rights Training at Worker Centers
(Journal of Labor and Society, 2022)Immigrant day laborers routinely experience exploitative behaviors as part of their employment. These day laborers perceive the exploitation they experience in the context of their immigration histories and in the context ...
