Essays about: "permanent income"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the words permanent income.

  1. 6. The Marriage the Merrier: Examining the Role of Family Labor Supply in Consumption Inequality

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Filip Stubbfält; [2022]
    Keywords : Economic Inequality; Family Labor Supply; Consumption Smoothing;

    Abstract : Using data from the Panel Study of Income dynamics between 2009 and 2019, I first document that the disconnect between consumption and earnings inequality holds for married households but not single households. Married households seem to behave consistently with the Permanent Income Hypothesis, smoothing out their consumption based on their expected lifetime incomes. READ MORE

  2. 7. Determinants of household savings : An international cross-country analysis to detect the determinants of household savings

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Cajsa Fredriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Determinants of household savings; household savings; cross-country; social security; participation rate; old-age dependency rate; panel data; OECD;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to look into the determinants of household savings in an international cross-section. The focus is on the effects from social security, old-age dependency, participation rate and change in unemployment, among other variables as an addition to the disequilibrium saving hypotheses, which is the base theory for the savings function. READ MORE

  3. 8. Japanese encephalitis in small-scale pig raising in rural Cambodia : Seroprevalence, reproductive disorders and disease awareness

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Ellinor Henriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese encephalitis; JE; Japanese encephalitis virus; JEV; Cambodia; pig; swine; vaccination; seroprevalence; reproduction; disease knowledge; mosquito-borne diseases; prevention;

    Abstract : Japanese encephalitis (JE) is endemic in several Asian countries, including Cambodia. It is a neurologic disease caused by the mosquito-borne virus JEV, which infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts. In humans, infection is usually subclinical, but one out of around 250 infected people develop acute encephalitis. READ MORE

  4. 9. Development of Tactile Actuators : Actuators for arm mounted hearing device

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Carl Broström; [2020]
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    Abstract : This report is a thesis work for a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Karlstad University. More than 8.5 million people in the world are deaf but unable to get cochlear implants. It has been shown that by the use of actuators that stimulate the skin nerves in different patterns, people can learn to feel the sound on their skin. READ MORE

  5. 10. The Effects of a Nominal Renminbi Appreciation: A Heterogeneous Agent Approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Nicolas Powell; [2020]
    Keywords : heterogeneity; inequality; currency; savings; trade;

    Abstract : Recent decades have seen the development of significant asymmetries in the global balance of payments, which many critics argue have incited crises and contributed to growing financial instability. Often cited as a contributing factor to these asymmetries has been the artificial suppression of the value of Chinese currency, especially in the first decade of the 21st century. READ MORE