Essays about: "Ane Tømmerås"

Found 4 essays containing the words Ane Tømmerås.

  1. 1. Income inequality and life expectancy: A study on inequality and its potential effect on longevity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Tømmerås; [2019]
    Keywords : income inequality; life expectancy; longevity; economic inequality; Palma ratio; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The potential effects of income inequality have received much attention from researcher and policy-makers in recent years. Income inequality is found by many researchers to have negative effect on health outcomes, crime rates and long-term economic growth. Previous studies have focused mainly on developed countries due to data availability. READ MORE

  3. 2. The impact of having foreign-born parents on migration: A study of Swedish emigrants

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Tømmerås; [2018]
    Keywords : emigration; migration patterns; second-generation return migration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Return migration among the second generation has been a topic of interest for researchers in the last decade, but little quantitative research has been done. Identity, feelings of belonging and moving when entering a new life stage have been proposed as reasons for the second generations to move back to their ancestral home. READ MORE

  4. 3. Taxation on labor income - A choice between efficiency and inequality?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Tømmerås; [2016]
    Keywords : labor taxation; labor supply; tax avoidance; compensation bargaining; optimal taxation; elasticities; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis applies a model for optimal top taxation rate on all Scandinavian countries. The starting point is a theory by Saez, Piketty and Stantcheva limiting the possible change in behavior of taxpayers into three channels; labor supply, tax avoidance and compensation bargaining. READ MORE

  5. 4. Regulations on conflict of interest for higher civil servants and public officials - Enhancing a state’s legitimacy or just a pretty illusion?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ane Tømmerås; [2015]
    Keywords : State legitimacy; regulations on conflict of interest; legitimacy; political quarantine; legality; normative validation; OECD; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : OECD and other organizations argues in favor of the implementation of regulations on conflict of interest for higher civil servants and public officials, often including quarantine time for these employees when changing jobs. They do this with the argument that it will increase the population’s confidence in their governments, which again is claimed to be a cornerstone of the functioning of the states. READ MORE