Essays about: "Household determinants"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 79 essays containing the words Household determinants.

  1. 21. Retrospective simulations of heating consumption in French dwellings

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : David Glotin; [2018]
    Keywords : Energy efficiency; energy insecurity; renovation; fuel switch; backtesting; retrospective simulations; sensitivity analysis.;

    Abstract : Res-IRF is an energy-economy model of heating consumption in French dwellings developed at CIRED and calibrated against 2012. It is meant to project the evolution of the building stock and the heating demand by 2050 in response to socio-economic parameters, such as energy price and population, and public policies, such as thermal regulations or incentives for renovation. READ MORE

  3. 22. Savings and Low Interest Rates – Can Low Interest Rate Environments Change the Effects of Determinants of Savings?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nils Billgert; [2018]
    Keywords : interest; savings; substitution; income; wealth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the effects of a low real interest rate environment on household savings. It specifically analyses whether there can be an increased importance of the income effect relative to the intertemporal consumption substitution effect and whether there can be an increased potency in the wealth effect of the stock market due to the financial assets substitution effect in this environment. READ MORE

  4. 23. Remittances as a Social Contract : An Interview Study on Remittance Behaviour among Swedish Immigrants

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sara Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Remittances; migration; motivations; gender; conjugal contract; social norms; altruism;

    Abstract : In what has been described as “the age of migration” by Castles et al. (2014) the international transfers of remittances is an ever-growing phenomenon, which has generated an increased interest among both scholars and policy-makers. READ MORE

  5. 24. Key determinants for user intention to adopt smart home ecosystems

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Kristian Haglund; Pia Flydén; [2018]
    Keywords : IOT; Smart Home; Smarthome; User; Adoption; Intention to adopt; Key determinants; user intention; adoption; ecosystems;

    Abstract : IoT is a technology where different devices are equipped with internet connection which makes it possible to control them and exchange data over internet. IoT can be thought of as an umbrella term covering a broad and ever-growing range of services and technologies. One of the segments within IoT is the smart home ecosystem. READ MORE

  6. 25. Child undernutrition and women’s empowerment in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Luciana Benevides Pereira Arlidge; [2018]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Child undernutrition is a worldwide problem with dire consequences that compromises the quality of life and economic growth on different scales (individual, household and community). It affects mainly highly vulnerable populations. Maternal characteristics have proven to be key determinants for child nutritional status. READ MORE