Essays about: "Ethnic heterogeneity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Ethnic heterogeneity.

  1. 1. Does Ethnic Origin matter for Health Inequalities in Bolivia? An Assessment of the Effect of Ethnicity on Health Care Access and Health Outcomes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Brianna Gerlach; [2022]
    Keywords : Health inequalities; ethnicity; Bolivia; health outcomes; indigenousness; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Good health is of utmost importance to individuals and economic growth. Nevertheless, inequalities concerning health services and conditions are observed in developed as well as developing countries. Often such disparities are related to ethnicity, with indigenous populations exhibiting lower health performance. READ MORE

  3. 2. Relation between Crime and Immigration in the Nordic countries : A Narrative Literature Review on the period of 2015-2020

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Diana Madsen; [2021]
    Keywords : crime; criminal policy; Nordic countries; forensic immigrant patients; immigrant labelling; marginalization; immigrant beliefs; heterogeneity.;

    Abstract : The period 2015-2020 has remained limitless in terms of missing data on crime and immigration in the Nordic countries, starting from the number of irregular and undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, continuing with the underrepresented immigrant statistics in crime. This paper consists of a complex understanding of immigration processes across the Nordic region, establishing narrow themes associated with crime and immigration. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ethnic Diversity, a Desolation Row for Interpersonal Trust?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Lundstedt; Simon Nissling; [2016]
    Keywords : Local trust; General trust; Ethnic diversity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this paper we will investigate whether the ethnic composition of a county affects their trust. More specifically we will answer the question: does the ethnic composition affect the level of trust in Sweden and are there any specific factors that increase this effect? In order to do this we use data on Swedish citizens from the year 2001 to the year 2012. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Curious Case of Social Trust - Examining the Impact of Ethnic Heterogeneity and Segregation on Social Trust in Bosnia-Herzegovina

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : David Ljungberg; Axel Lilja; [2016]
    Keywords : Social trust; Ethnic heterogeneity; Segregation;

    Abstract : Social trust is a fundamental part of the grease that ensures the smooth functioning of human society. It is what enables human co-existence in a society largely populated by mutual strangers. This thesis studies social trust in an environment of ethnic heterogeneity and segregation, using Bosnia-Herzegovina as a case study. READ MORE

  6. 5. Self-employment gap between natives and immigrants in Sweden

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

    Author : Yidan Song; [2015]
    Keywords : Self-employment; immigrants; heterogeneity; region of origin; genders;

    Abstract : This paper examines three questions orderly with the help of the European Social Survey (ESS) pooled cross section data. Firstly, whether there is a gap of probability of being self-employed existed between natives and immigrants in Sweden. READ MORE