Essays about: "Social Mobility Index"

Found 5 essays containing the words Social Mobility Index.

1. 1. Heritage Matters : A Study of Social Mobility Patterns Among First and Second-Generation Immigrants in Europe

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Stevander; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Mobility; Immigration; Social Mobility Index; International Socio-Economic Index ISEI ; European Social Survey ESS ;

   Abstract : This thesis examined how the association between immigrants’ occupational origin and destination varies in 33 European countries, depending on the opportunities for social mobility in the origin country. For absolute occupational mobility, the result from an LPM regression showed that first-generation female immigrants had an increased probability of upward mobility when the origin country offered more opportunities for social mobility. READ MORE

3. 2. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Alla Safieldin; [2019]
   Keywords : Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. READ MORE

4. 3. Social Vulnerability Indices and a Sub-municipal Index for Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Tobias Wagner; [2018]
   Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; preparedness; preparedness planning; disaster preparedness; vulnerability; social vulnerability; social vulnerability index; social vulnerability indicator; Sweden; Science General;

   Abstract : The goal of risk and vulnerability research is to reduce the harm done by disasters. A disaster is a combination of a natural hazard and a vulnerable society. Understanding vulnerability is vital to reduce disaster risk, or the potential of losses in property or life. READ MORE

5. 4. Dynamics of socioeconomic-related health inequalities in Australia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Paul Samuel Calara; [2013]
   Keywords : HILDA; socioeconomic-related health inequality; longitudinal data; health concentration index; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Socioeconomic-related inequalities in health despite gains in extended life spans remain a key equity issue that calls into question society’s burden of illness and the role of a universal healthcare system. The extent to which socioeconomic conditions systematically vary with population health has been a matter of empirical analysis aimed at measuring social equity. READ MORE

6. 5. Reinterpreting China’s Regional Disparities from ‘New Economic Geography’ Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Shuning Sun; [2011]
   Keywords : China; regional disparities; geography; policy; new economic geography; industrial agglomeration; Theil index; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The persistence of regional disparities at different spatial dimensions, especially the income gap among three major economic belts (i.e. East, Central, and West), is one of the most striking characters of economic development process in China since the reform and opening-up policy in the late 1970s. READ MORE