Essays about: "inequality between rich and poor"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words inequality between rich and poor.
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1. Patents or Patients? The COVD-19 Pandemic and Intellectual Property Rights
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : Worldwide inequality in the circulation of vaccines during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic re-ignited the ever-existing turmoil between rich, developed nations and poor, developing nations on the role of intellectual property (IP) against the fundamental right to health. The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) contribute to making medicinal products and diagnostic supplies more cost effectively for everyone around the world. READ MORE
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2. Socio-economic inequality in Health : - An analysis of individuals over the age of 50 in the European population
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : I have considered how socio-economic status are related to different health outcomes among people older than 50 years in the population of Europe and Israel. The data originates from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (the SHARE-project) and offers the opportunity for an in-depth analysis through its information-rich content that includes over 100 different variables at the individual level, covering the years 2004-2017. READ MORE
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3. Deepening Automation and Wealth Inequality: An Intergenerational Perspective
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The fast development of automation technology has been widely recognized as a key reason for the rising wealth inequality in the US since 1980s, and current literature focuses on the channel of increasing wage inequality triggered by deepening automation. This thesis contributes to the literature by examining the interaction between autonomation and an additional channel: cross-generation wealth accumulation via bequests. READ MORE
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4. Revising the link between neighbourhoods and education: The case of well performing middle schools in Malmö
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : How do neighbourhoods affect life chances? This is a question that researchers have asked in different forms as early as the 50’s –and there is no shortage of papers exploring neighbourhood effects: how where we live affects our well-being or our participation in the labour market, our life expectancy or, in general, our life outcomes. Yet, there is less consensus than one would expect from a field that has been this active: mechanisms are not clearly defined, methodologies are often one-sided, theoretical concepts are outdated and sometimes harmful for communities and contextuality of most kinds is surprisingly rare. READ MORE
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5. Up and down the quality ladder: A macroeconomic model of innovation and growth under demand-side inequality
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : I study an economic growth model with non-homothetic preferences and demand-side inequality that induces innovation along three dimensions: Firms undertake product innovation to enter the market, they improve upon the production process of existing products, or they upgrade their quality. Departing from models of homothetic prefer- ences, process and quality innovation are no longer isomorphic choices for firms, and the demand side dictates incentives to innovate. READ MORE
