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  1. 1. Inflation, Unemployment, and Happiness: Misery Index Weights in Europe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jón Sjúrður Pálsson Arge; [2022]
    Keywords : happiness economics; inflation; unemployment; misery index; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper uses micro- and macrolevel data to examine the effects of unemployment and inflation on subjective happiness in Europe. Using data on subjective happiness from the most recent survey waves of the European Social Survey (2004-2018), we find negative coefficients for both unemployment and inflation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Work or Shirk : Finding the optimal enforced effort in activation and evaluating the job stimulus for social benefit recipients, by introducing effective leisure in a labor supply model

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

    Author : Oliver Rosengren; [2021]
    Keywords : Labor supply; benefits; social assistance; social benefits; job stimulus; earnings disregard; extensive margin; employment; shirking; effort; Arbetsutbud; bidrag; socialtjänst; ekonomiskt bistånd; socialbidrag; försörjningsstöd; jobbstimulans; ansträngning; sysselsättning; extensiva marginalen;

    Abstract : Social benefits were forecasted to increase by 13 percent to 2022 before the pandemic hit the economy (Prop. 2018/19:1). In the latest forecast it has almost doubled: an increase of 24 percent to 2022 (Prop. 2020/21:1). READ MORE

  4. 3. Okun’s law within the OECD : A cross-country comparison

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Viktor Boman; André Netzén Örn; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the 60’s, the first article identifying the relationship between output growth and unemployment were released, with the purpose of providing a tool for US authorities to estimate the effect of labour policy on output. This article, presented by Arthur Okun, came to lay the foundation for the commonly known empirical relationship, named Okun’s law. READ MORE

  5. 4. Macroeconomic effects on securitized real estate markets - A comparative study of Sweden and Switzerland

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Robin Rodenholm; Dominique De Bernardi; [2013]
    Keywords : Real estate market; Macroeconomic factors; Real estate stocks; Sweden; Switzerland;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates to what extent macroeconomic factors influence real estate stock prices before and after the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2007. This is carried out by examining the securitized real estate markets in Sweden and Switzerland by using descriptive statistics. READ MORE

  6. 5. Are the labor market conditions causing the terms of trade to deteriorate? : A statistical evaluation of the Prebisch- Singer hypothesis.

    University essay from Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonas Cederlöf; [2012]
    Keywords : Terms of trade; Prebisch-Singer hypothesis; Marginal effect of unemployment;

    Abstract : The study examines to what extent weak labor unions and an abundance of labor have a negative effect on less developed countries terms of trade, as hypothesized by Hans Singer (1950) and Rául Prebisch (1950). Using a sample from panel data for 74 less developed countries during the period 1980 – 2010 in OLS-regressions with fixed effects, I find some evidence that weak labor unions and abundance of labor is negatively correlated with the terms of trade, which could be interpreted in favor of the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis. READ MORE