Essays about: "unobserved heterogeneity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words unobserved heterogeneity.

  1. 1. The Dynamics of Air Pollution, Socio-Economic Status and Mortality Rate: Panel Study Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Uzma Humayun; [2023]
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    Abstract : This study investigated the relationship between the mortality rate and air pollution, as well as socioeconomic factors such as education, socioeconomic status, smoking behavior, and unemployment in Sweden using regional data on county level from 2005 to 2021. The study adopted Environmental Justice Theory as the theoretical framework and used fixed effects model to control for unobserved heterogeneity. READ MORE

  3. 2. The CCE model applied to the nexus of real GDP and the insurance market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Isak Werner; [2021]
    Keywords : Insurance market; economic development; cross-sectional dependence; cointegration; CCE estimation.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Existing studies on the relationship between the insurance market and economic development tend to use empirical methods that rely on the unrealistic assumption of cross-sectional independence. This thesis aims to highlight the drawbacks of this assumption. READ MORE

  4. 3. No Place Like Home: Home Bias and Environmental Concern in the European Union

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Claes Ehlin; [2021]
    Keywords : Home Bias; Environmental Concern; Gravity Model; OLS; PPML; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research paper analyzes the effect of growing environmental concern on home bias in the European Union. Using the latest release of the International Trade and Production Database for Estimation, for the years 2002-2016, the home bias is estimated with the gravity model of trade. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Family Gaps in Pay : Empirical Evidence From Japan

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Linda Svedmark; [2021]
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    Abstract : Japan has the second largest gender wage gap among the OECD nations and is falling behind in the progress of gender equality. As research indicates that parenthood greatly contributes to the gender wage gap, this thesis quantifies the magnitudes of the Japanese family pay gaps among women and men and examines which factors mainly contribute to their existence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is rising inequality related to deteriorating trust?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Olof Bendz; Sanjin Alagic; [2020]
    Keywords : trust; inequality; panel data; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : It is generally agreed upon that social trust is strongly associated with income inequality. However, this conclusion is mainly drawn from cross-country studies, which most likely suffer from endogeneity issues due to unobserved cultural, social and political variables affecting both trust and inequality. READ MORE