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. Conspicuous characteristics fulfilled many of the functions that patents, trademarks, and brand names do today. The words that … referred to products with conspicuous characteristics served as brand names in the Middle Ages. Data drawn from an array of …
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STRATEGIEN ZUM AUFBAU EINER IDENTITÄTSBASIERTEN IMMOBILIENMARKE. Der Kauf einer Immobilie ist für die meisten Menschen die komplexeste Kaufentscheidung des Lebens und vielfach Ausdruck eines individuellen Lebensstils. Umso mehr verwundert es, wie wenig bisher in den Aufbau von Immobilien als...
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variety of outcomes for youth. These include alcohol consumption, excessive consumption, motor vehicle accident mortality, and …
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The authors begin with the hypothesis that parental contacts play a major role in finding jobs for youth. This … hypothesis is tested with a model of youth employment that includes characteristics of other family members in addition to a …'s ability to assist the youth in finding a job, including occupation, industry and education. The effects of such variables are …
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The My Brother's Keeper (MBK) Challenge developed by President Obama supports communities that promote civic initiatives designed to improve the educational and economic opportunities specifically for young men of color. In Oakland, California, the MBK educational initiative features the African...
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In 2008, Uganda granted hundreds of small groups $400/person to help members start individual skilled trades. Four years on, an experimental evaluation found grants raised earnings by 38% (Blattman, Fiala, Martinez 2014). We return after 9 years to find these start-up grants acted more as a...
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This paper examines the impact of state merit-aid programs on the labor market attachment of high school-aged youths. The labor force participation rate of teenagers has fallen substantially in recent decades, coinciding with the introduction of merit-aid programs. These programs reduce the...
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The minimum wage is increasingly viewed as an important tool for improving public health outcomes, including reducing childbearing among teenagers. Taken at face value, recently reported estimates suggest that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour could reduce the number of teenage...
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tanning using a difference-in-differences research design. We find that youth ITB prohibitions reduced population search … increased sun protective behaviors. We also find that youth ITB prohibitions significantly reduced the size of the indoor …
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