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1. 1. Navigating the Waves: A Study on the Effect of Income Volatility on Household Debt Accumulation

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Loke Sjödin; Lukas Segerberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Inequality; Income volatility; Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Financial crises; Household Debt;

   Abstract : This study investigates the influence of income volatility on household borrowing behavior, contributing to the broader discussion on the relationship between inequality and the risk of financial crises. While prior studies have generally focused on permanent income inequality, we address the overlooked aspect of transitory income inequality. READ MORE

3. 2. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
   Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

4. 3. A Breakup Between the UK and the EU: The Impact of the Brexit Referendum on Household Savings Rate in the United Kingdom

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Shuanghao Tang; Karin Oldsjö; [2023]
   Keywords : Household Savings; Brexit Referendum; COVID-19; Synthetic Control Method; Policy Uncertainty;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the causal impact of the Brexit referendum on the household savings rate in the United Kingdom, both in the short and long term, by treating the referendum as a natural experiment. The Synthetic Control Method is used to create a counterfactual that tracks the UK's household savings rate before the referendum. READ MORE

5. 4. Household consumption: How households' disposable income, financial assets and total debt affect household consumption

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Endi Bolkvadze; Rebecka Ekblad; [2022]
   Keywords : Household consumption; Household disposable income; Household debt; Household financial assets; Smooth consumption; Paneldata; Fixed effects model;

   Abstract : This study examines whether macroeconomic variables, such as household disposableincome, financial assets and total debt affect household consumption by applying Panel dataon The fixed effects model. The data included 13 European OECD countries that are membersof EMU between the years 2009-2019. READ MORE

6. 5. The Influence of Natural Radon Occurrence on the Severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: a Spatial Analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Ignatius Gabriel Aloysius Maria Perera; [2022]
   Keywords : Geography; GIS; Epidemiology; Germany; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Radon; Spatial regression; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The exposure to naturally occurring, radioactive noble gas radon is known to cause permanent damage in lung tissue. Lung diseases and prior radiation of lung tissue have been identified as contributing to a severe progression of COVID-19. READ MORE