Essays about: "Income distribution"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 233 essays containing the words Income distribution.

  1. 21. Understanding the social dimension of sustainable agriculture : Swiss dairy farmers perspectives

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Magdalena Margarita Halter; [2022]
    Keywords : social sustainability; dairy farmers; farming; agriculture; Switzerland; Q-Methodology; focus group; factor analysis; perspectives;

    Abstract : The current food systems need to become more sustainable, and this involves the creation of balance between the economic, environmental and social dimension of these systems. The social dimension, however, is least clearly conceptualized and likely to be overlooked when the issues are not very obvious as this is the case for many regions in the global north. READ MORE

  3. 22. The dynamic effects of fiscal consolidations on income distribution: evidence for Spain over 1980-2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : David Sarasa Flores; [2022]
    Keywords : Local Projections; fiscal consolidation; income inequality; narrative approach; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Based on the Spain’s annual and quarterly time series from 1980 to 2020, this paper presents the first case study on the dynamic effects of fiscal consolidation episodes on income distribution and the mechanisms driving the specific dynamics of the distribution. By estimating impulse response functions via Local Projections by Jordà (2005), I find supportive evidence of the increase in income inequality in the aftermath of consolidation episodes. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Effects of Fertility on Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Women’s Bargaining Power - Evidence from Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Isabella Rego Monteiro; [2022]
    Keywords : fertility; reproductive behavior; female empowerment; bargaining power; development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the impact of reproductive outcomes on women's participation in their family's decision-making and on the share of the household's resources allocated to them. It also examines the effects on labor, time use, and health-related outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 24. Decomposing the Consumption Response to Monetary Policy Shocks in Australia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jessica Geraghty; [2022]
    Keywords : Consumption; Household heterogeneity; Income distribution; Marginal propensity to consume; Monetary policy transmission;

    Abstract : Does monetary policy affect households differently depending on their position on the income distribution? If so, what drives the differences? This paper attempts to answer these questions by decomposing changes in consumption following a monetary policy shock into several direct and indirect channels of transmission. Although direct channels of transmission are the most important in traditional representative agent models, the indirect channels are dominant when households are heterogeneous. READ MORE

  6. 25. Socio-Geographical Mobilities : A Study of Compulsory School Students’ Mobilities within Metropolitan Stockholm’s Deregulated School Market

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Rina Wahls; [2022]
    Keywords : school market; big data; mobility; k-nearest neighbour;

    Abstract : The Swedish educational reforms of the 1990s introduced a choice- and voucher-based system, which allowed students to choose schools regardless of their proximity to them. As a consequence, new opportunities for geographical disparities in educational provisions as well as in home-to- school mobilities have emerged. READ MORE