Essays about: "Social Spending"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 122 essays containing the words Social Spending.

  1. 21. Winter is coming - Investigating urban design in a Winter city

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Erica Välimaa; [2021]
    Keywords : Winter city; Urban design; Sustainable urban design; Kiruna; Arctic; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : All around the world is the form of the built environment playing a significant role in either enabling or inhibiting outdoor activities. When it comes to winter and Winter cities, it is a challenge how to enable and encourage outdoor activities and soft mobility as the harsh conditions often make it uncomfortable to spend longer periods of time outdoors. READ MORE

  3. 22. Bound to Benefit: Exploring How Gender Roles and Relations Shape Women’s Access to Economic Growth from Connectivity: One Case of the Road Corridor in Armenia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Emelie Staffas; [2021]
    Keywords : inclusive growth; gender inequalities; transport infrastructure; road corridors; Armenia; Asian Development Bank; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study takes off from gender studies, aiming to identify and explore the relations and roles that people share in society that shape their daily lives. Road corridor investments and how they affect women are argued to be in the middle of a development dilemma where three global agendas that appear incompatible are yet promoted simultaneously. READ MORE

  4. 23. A system in crisis with the worst yet to come: Social security spending in Finland 1980-2018 and some gloomy forecasts for the near-future (2019-2030)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rolf Lennart Granholm; [2021]
    Keywords : social security; population aging; fiscal unsustainability; historical development; future forecasts; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Finland’s social security spending has been increasing rapidly over the past four decades, and is expected to continue increasing in the decades to come. The increase has been largely driven by population ageing resulting in increased old-age spending. READ MORE

  5. 24. Should some be left behind in the race to increase the retirement age? Evidence from a life-cycle model pension reform simulation for Sweden.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Gediminas Goda; [2021]
    Keywords : Life cycle; Pension reform; Retirement; Disability insurance;

    Abstract : Governments across the world are undertaking retirement age reforms to preserve fiscal sustainability in the face of population aging. However, research suggests that increasing the retirement age often has the unwanted side effect of increased disability insurance claiming, which can offset a big part of the savings realized due to lower spending on retirement benefits. READ MORE

  6. 25. Associated health care cost in parents of children with Myelomeningocele in Sweden: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of region Skåne’s health care utilisation data base.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Abimbola Opeyemi Ajomale; [2021]
    Keywords : Health Care Cost; Repeated cross-sectional analysis; Myelomeningocele; Health Care Utilisation; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background: Studies have put spinal bifida which Myelomeningocoel (MMC) is a form at 6.1 per 10,000 births in Sweden. Other evaluations have pointed that disabilities could pose a burden on families despite the social net available within the Swedish society. READ MORE