Essays about: "relative income"

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  1. 6. Vulnerable Populations and Urban Heat Islands: A Spatial Analysis of Socio-Demographic Factors and Heat Exposure in Stockholm

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : William Godée; Hugo Lemna; [2023]
    Keywords : UHI; Urban Heat Islands; Stockholm; Spatial Analysis; GIS; ArcGIS; Regression; Vulnerable Population; Urbana Värmeöar; Stockholm; Rumslig Analys; GIS; ArcGIS; Regression; Sårbar Population;

    Abstract : The important urban issue of urban heat islands in Stockholm is examined in this thesis. These places influence urban sustainability, liveability, and public health because of the much higher temperatures they experience relative to their surroundings. READ MORE

  3. 7. A Tale of Two Sets of Opportunities. An exploration of Inequality of Opportunity among natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Irem Ucan; [2023]
    Keywords : Inequality of Opportunity; normative economics; Shapley decomposition; second-generation immigrants; income inequality; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the extent of income inequality that is attributed inherited circumstances such as social and family background, denoted as Inequality of Opportunity or IOp, for natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity captures the between-type inequality, when individuals are grouped into types based on these predetermined circumstances, which involves parametrically estimating the average outcome of each type and comparing these averages between types. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Medium Run Revisited: An Alternative Perspective on Labour Share Developments in European and Anglo-Saxon Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gero Kunath; [2023]
    Keywords : labour income share; European; Anglo-Saxon; factor prices; factor quantities; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis revisits one of the most prominent contributions to the literature on labour income shares by \citet{blanchard1997} and offers an alternative perspective on the developments in European and Anglo-Saxon countries between 1970 and 2019. Labour shares in both groups of countries declined resulting from changes in relative factor prices and quantities. READ MORE

  5. 9. Flexibility capital within Swedish multifamily households A study on energy policy from a bottom-up approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kevin Perera; [2023]
    Keywords : Demand flexibility; Flexibility; Energy vulnerability; Renewable; Energy; Energy Policy; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between energy vulnerability and the growing need for demand flexibility from the Swedish residential sector. Controlling for income, this supposed relationship was approached from the perspective of multifamily households. READ MORE

  6. 10. Analysis of the Impact of Population Share of Young Adults on the Healthy Beverage Market in High-income Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Qingyun Chen; Muyi Gan; [2022]
    Keywords : fixed effects; causal analysis; beverage consumption; population share of young adults; sugar-sweetened beverages; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In order to improve companies' and public health organizations' abilities to forecast the future beverage market volumes, it is crucial to identify the determinants of beverage consumption. Based on the market volume panel data from 2005 to 2020, this thesis formulates a fixed-effect model to examine the causal relationship between the population share of young adults and the market volumes of healthy beverages compared to unhealthy beverages in high-income countries. READ MORE