Using a 5-year household panel data from Korea, this paper identifies the vulnerable households and their coping strategies during 1994-1998. We find that (i) larger households tend to be more protected from shortfalls in consumption; (ii) households with young children tend to decrease consumption of other items to achieve higher spending on children’s education; (iii) female-headed households...

Higher utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), both in cross-sections and over time, is commonly related to better socioeconomic status and to increased dissatisfaction with conventional medicine and its values. Little is known about health differences between users and non-users of CAM. The objective of the paper is to explore the difference in health measured by the SF-36...

Visual Merchandising Design covers every space, environment, and visually stimulating factor. This includes not only the architectural appearance but interior, graphic sign boards, window display, layout, store appliances, lighting, and even the looks and service attitude that sales employees have and show to customers. Even if good quality merchandise and design hit the shelf of the store, but...

Veblen explained in 1899 that “in order to gain and hold the esteem of man it is not sufficient merely to possess wealth or power. The wealth or power must be put in evidence, for esteem is awarded only on evidence.” Since then, a considerable economics literature has explored the concept of conspicuous consumption and its implications in various settings, with particular focus on purchases tha...

The purpose of this study is to explore the interaction between copyright, branding, marketing, and heritage protection with regard a fashion brand. authors use analytical-critical legal-dogmatic methods, supplemented desk research, case approach, review marketing literature. This paper argues that top-tier brands concept artification in order build their brands, mesmerize clientele, increase r...

Information about the food and nutrition of Bulgarian population is a different nature - local foreign written sources, travelogues, endowment documents, passionaries, images in miniature monumental paintings, archaeological finds others. Given raw material for its preparation, it falls into several groups plant, animal (from domestic animals hunting), fish, etc. The records data from excavatio...

youth play a pivotal role in nineteenth-century russianliterature. their life and thoughts were different from others. they developeddifferent ideas and methods. the grasp of different sciences, eloquence, poetand literature, fighting skills, and aristocratic way of life were commoncharacteristics of superfluous man. however, they were different from usualaristocrats. they did not find anything...

Affluenza affects not only the general public, but students at Pondok Pesantren Nurul Jadid, Paiton are also affected by affluenza. Simple synonymous become luxurious lives. Like buying stuffbrandedAccording to some foster parents, many experience that their intensity is recognized. To overcome this, advice from Kyai alone enough; intensive guidance and treatment needed; Foster parents help in ...