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The Intergenerational Transmission of Automobile Brand Preferences : Empirical Evidence and Implications for Firm Strategy
Anderson, Soren T. - 2013
We document a strong correlation in the brand of automobile chosen by parents and their adult children, using data from … the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. This correlation could represent transmission of brand preferences across generations …, or it could result from correlation in family characteristics that determine brand choice. We present a variety of …
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Intangible Marketing Capital
Bronnenberg, Bart J.; Dubé, Jean-Pierre H.; Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
private value of brands to firms and aggregate intangible brand capital stocks created by these investments. These investments … include the creation and maintenance of a brand name and all its corresponding brand elements (e.g., awareness, reputation … outlays. Finally, we explore the welfare implications of investments in brand capital …
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A House of Her Own : Old Age Assistance and the Living Arrangements of Older Nonmarried Women
Costa, Dora L. - 1999
I show that the trend towards single households among older nonmarried women, the majority of whom were widows, has been ongoing only since 1940 and investigate the factors that fostered the rise in separate living quarters since mid-century by examining the impact of Old Age Assistance on...
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Patterns of Time Use Among Older People
Ferranna, Maddalena; Sevilla, J. P.; Zucker, Leo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze time use studies to describe how people allocate their time as they age, especially among paid work, unpaid work, leisure, and personal care. We emphasize differences in time allocation between older (i.e., those aged 65+) and younger people; between developed and developing countries;...
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"Though Much is Taken" -- Reflections on Aging, Health, and Medical Care
Fuchs, Victor R. - 1984
The Medicare trust funds face huge prospective deficits by the end of this decade.This paper discusses trends in six areas that bear on the Medicare problem: the number of the elderly, their health status, use of medical care, labor force participation, income, and living arrangements. Among the...
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Are Inflation Rates Different for the Elderly?
Boskin, Michael J. - 1982
This paper presents new evidence on cost-of-living indices and annual inflation rates for the elderly population as well as the general population. It employs a now fairly widely accepted adjustment for the inappropriate treatment of housing in the Consumer Price Index. We disaggregate by...
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The Age Profile of Life-satisfaction After Age 65 in the U.S
Hudomiet, Péter - 2020
Although income and wealth are frequently used as indicators of well-being, they are increasingly augmented with subjective measures such as life satisfaction to capture broader dimensions of individuals' well-being. Based on data from large surveys of individuals, life satisfaction in...
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Who Counts in Evaluating the Effects of Air Pollution Policies on Households? Non-Market Valuation in the Presence of Dependencies
Evans, Mary F. - 2009
Individuals who are likely to realize the largest benefits from improvements in air quality often depend on other members of their households to make time or monetary contributions to their care. The presence of these dependency relationships among household members poses challenges for benefit...
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Socioeconomic Status and Health : Why is the Relationship Stronger for Older Children?
Currie, Janet - 2002
Case, Lubotsky, and Paxson (2001) show that the well-known relationship between socio- economic status (SES) and health exists in childhood and grows more pronounced with age. However, in cross-sectional data it is difficult to distinguish between two possible explanations. The first is that...
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Provide, Provide : The Economics of Aging
Fuchs, Victor R. - 1998
Data from the Bureau of the Census, the Health Care Financing Administration, the NBER Tax File and the Current Population Survey are used to estimate for the elderly (ages 65 and above) consumption of health care and income available for other goods and services in 1975, 1985, and 1995....
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