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Brand Inertia in U.S. Household Cheese Consumption.
Arnade, Carlos; Gopinath, Munisamy; Pick, Daniel - 2008
To analyze U.S. consumers' brand choices for cheese purchases, we derive a set of discrete-choice models from dynamic utility maximization. ACNielsen Homescan Survey data on U.S. households is used to estimate a dynamic probit model for each of the top brands for cheddar, shredded, and sliced...
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The income volatility see-saw : implications for school lunch.
Newman, Constance.; United States. - 2006
Income volatility challenges the effectiveness of the safety net that USDA food assistance programs provide low-income families. This study examines income volatility among households with children and the implications of volatility for eligibility in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)....
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Off-farm labour and the structure of US agriculture: the case of corn/soybean farms.
Nehring, Richard; Banker, David - 2005
While the growing importance of off-farm earnings suggests large benefits accrue to farmers from efforts to expand off-farm income opportunities, economic well being also depends on greater efficiency. To comprehensively gauge the economic health of farm operator households' off-farm income is...
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The income volatility see-saw : implications for school lunch.
Newman, Constance.; United States. - 2006
Income volatility challenges the effectiveness of the safety net that USDA food assistance programs provide low-income families. This study examines income volatility among households with children and the implications of volatility for eligibility in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429514
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Agricultural Policy Reform and its Impact on Farm Household Income Inequality.
Mishra, Ashok; El-Osta, Hisham; Shaik, Saleem - 2010
In the United States the 1996 agricultural policy reform ushered in market-oriented farm policies and also gave farmers a seven-year lump-sum payment that was not tied to production. Some scholars argue that farm program payments have changed the distribution of income among farm households. Our...
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Determinants of economic well-being among U.S. farm operator households.
El-Osta, Hisham S.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Morehart, Mitchell J. - 2007
Participation in government programs has a mild impact on the economic well-being of U.S. farm households. Major factors that determine farm household prosperity are the primary operator's education level and ethnicity, education level of the spouse, and other characteristics such as forward...
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Preferencies and financial stimulants of graduates of master economics studies by choosing the work place
Vėlyvytė, Beata - 2009
The preferences and financial incentives based on utility aspect of graduates of master economics studies by choosing a … 689 graduates of Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius University, Kaunas Technology University and Šiauliai University. The … object of the research was the preferences and financial stimulants of graduates of master economic studies of Mykolas …
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Engaging a new generation of graduates
Shaw, Susan R.; Fairhurst, David - 2008
characteristics of Generation Y graduates and the implications of their entry into the workplace for organisations' graduate learning ….Practical implications – Employers of graduates need to evaluate the effectiveness of their programmes.Originality/value – The main …
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Professional prospects of the graduates of the Agricultural faculty, South Bohemia University from the years 1992-1997
Krninská, Růžena; Pech, Pavel - 2012
the graduates of the Agricultural Faculty, University of South Bohemia, in the years 1992-1997. The survey was carried out … analysis of the prospects of the graduates of the Agricultural Faculty, including also their problems with unemployment and … at labour market, when compared with graduates of other universities, are viewed as the same. …
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Professional prospects of graduates of the faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice from the years 1998-2002
Kletečková, Marie; Krninská, Růžena; Řehoř, Petr - 2012
A statistical survey was performed to investigate professional prospects of graduates they graduated from the Faculty … graduates of the Faculty of Agriculture is much less than the rate of unemployment in the Czech republic and almost half of the …
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