Essays about: "Human Capital Accumulation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words Human Capital Accumulation.

1. 1. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Unconditional cash transfers; needs-based cash grants; welfare targeting; human capital development accumulation; skill formation technology; regression kink design;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. READ MORE

3. 2. Female Migrants in Search of Jobs: The Role of Social Capital in Labor Market Integration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Lisen Löwstedt; [2022]
   Keywords : migration; integration; social capital; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The labor market integration of immigrants in general, and female migrants in particular, remains a central developmental objective for counteracting inequalities within societies across Europe. Previous studies put forth the concept of social capital, the resources linked to an individual's network of social connections, to explain immigrants’ diverging labor market trajectories. READ MORE

4. 3. God, homeland, and those who had the right to neither: An overview of private property laws and human capital accumulation during dictatorial colonial rule in Angola

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Mariana Martins Cardoso; [2022]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Human Capital is deemed as an imperative factor for economic growth, however, it is argued the extent of this interrelation. Acemoglu, Gallego and Robinson (2014) claim that the institutional framework of a nation, in specificthose of private property are deemed as pivotal for a nation’s development. READ MORE

5. 4. Delayed Demographic Transitions - The Natural Resource Curse Extended? A case study for Bolivia 1900--2010

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lina Madita Philippsen; [2022]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates if dependence on natural resources causes a delayed demographic transition. The Plurinational State of Bolivia is taken as an example as it is a country with a high share of Mining \& Oil activities in its economy. The method of investigation is a time series analysis covering the period 1900--2010. READ MORE

6. 5. Discrimination: A Threat to Economic Growth. Deriving a Neoclassical Growth Model with Human Capital Barriers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Erika Hansson; Ebba Wallin; [2022]
   Keywords : Discrimination; Human Capital; Neoclassical Growth Model; Education; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper was set out to examine how discrimination lower incentives to attain human capital throughout different societal sectors and, thus, how human capital barriers affect economic growth. We aim to derive a generalized theoretical framework that is applicable to any group facing discrimination. READ MORE