Essays about: "unconditional basic income"
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1. Education as a Double-Edge Sword: Examining the Dynamics between Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between education and income inequality in Colombia. Using unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) this paper examines the wage returns of different education levels at various points of the wage distribution. READ MORE
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2. No agency, no sustainability : conceptualising the loss of agency and how to restore it for sustainability
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation demand humanity to depart from the growth imperative forming the economic structure of the world. In other words: Structural transformation is needed. READ MORE
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3. Basic Income: A Comparative Study of Brazil and India
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Do we know enough about Basic Income (BI) to support or discharge it? In this paper, two studies on the subject are reviewed in order to answer this question. One is the pilot study of Unconditional Basic Income in rural India (conducted by SEWA and UNICEF in 2011-2013) and the other is the Bolsa Escola/ Bolsa Familia program that was launched in Brazil in 1995 and is still ongoing. READ MORE
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4. Can Basic Income Combat Social Exclusion? An Investigation into the Potential Effects of a Basic Income
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/SocialhögskolanAbstract : In recent years, the welfare state has found itself unable to combat issues such as unemployment and poverty, forcing an ever-increasing share of the population to face an increasingly precarious existence. In light of this situation, a growing number of activists and academics have begun to embrace a new means for combating such issues, basic income. READ MORE
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5. The Stories We Tell : Designing Values-Oriented Narratives of Radical Change Initiatives Towards Sustainability
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utvecklingAbstract : While extensive communication around the sustainability challenges have lead to increased awareness, the expected behavior change correspondent to that level of awareness has not been observed. After decades of information-based sustainability communication the research community recognizes values as important drivers of peoples behavior. READ MORE