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Vertical restraints and labor markets in franchised industries

This article combines 530 digitized Franchise Disclosure Documents and standard contracts with employer-identified job ads from Burning Glass Technologies to establish stylized facts about franchising labor markets and their relation to the vertical restraints and contractual provisions that limit the autonomy of franchisees vis a vis their franchisors. We report novel findings about the application of vertical...

The effect of franchise no-poaching restrictions on worker earnings

We evaluate the nationwide impact of the Washington State Attorney General's 2018-20 enforcement campaign against no-poach clauses in franchising contracts, which prohibited worker movement across locations within a chain. Implementing a staggered difference-in-differences research design using Burning Glass Technologies job vacancies and Glassdoor salary reports from numerous industries, we estimate a 6% incre...

A análise do turismo na Campânia como instrumento para o desenvolvimento de ser...

The purpose of this work is to identify the guidelines for the development and diversification of the cultural touristic offer achievable at the Reale Osservatorio Vesuviano (ROV). Founded in 1841, it is the oldest volcano observatory in the world and it has always had the vocation for scientific-naturalistic and formative tourism. The present study investigates the connections between the sociology of tourism ...

The long-run impact of the Great Recession on student debt

This paper investigates the effect of local labor market shocks during the Great Recession on subsequent student debt-related outcomes for a panel of 1 million student loan borrowers between the ages 17 and 34 in 2009, following that cohort’s credit reports for the subsequent 10 years. We find that the Great Recession significantly increased student indebtedness, delinquency and default on student debt, and ove...

Antibody response among portuguese healthcare workers prior to sars-cov-2 vacci...

Prioritizing healthcare workers (HCWs) for vaccination against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) allowed to study the vaccine effectiveness in this professional group. The quantification of antibodies levels after vaccination among HCWs could give insights about SARS-CoV-2 protection. The aim of this study is to investigate SARS-CoV-2 immune response based on quantitation of antibodies against the spike r...

A digital tool to teach circular economy: An outlook about consumption module i...

This research aims to discuss which topics must be considered to develop an innovative online module course focused on consumption in the perspective of Circular Economy. The course itself will help Higher Education Institutions to implement digital education solution into their curricula. The Erasmus + DiGiTOOL_to_CE project - Inclusive Digital Education - a Tool to Understand Circular Economy includes Europea...

Eating Patterns and Dietary Interventions in ADHD: A Narrative Review

Interactive technologies in stroke recovery : uncovering challenges and opportu...

Cante pela Sua Saúde: Memória do Projeto Grupos de Canto para Seniores

Através da primeira edição do Orçamento Participativo Portugal, o ano de 2017 viu nascer uma oportunidade para promover o envelhecimento ativo através de um projeto pioneiro em Portugal, intitulado “Grupos de Canto para Seniores”. Na conceção do programa deste projeto foram tidas em consideração recomendações teóricas e práticas consolidadas, baseadas em evidências empíricas, atendendo ainda ao parecer e à expe...

Presidential elections, divided politics, and happiness in the USA

We examine the effects of the 2016 and 2012 US presidential election outcomes on subjective wellbeing across party identification. We use Gallup data and a regression discontinuity approach, and focus primarily on evaluative (life satisfaction) and hedonic (positive and negative affect) indicators. We find that both elections had strong negative wellbeing effects on those who identified with the losing party, w...