Essays about: "Social and Economic Welfare"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 191 essays containing the words Social and Economic Welfare.

  1. 31. Do we have a feasible case for an economy-wide UBI policy that is a Pareto Improvement over the status-quo?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Pratanu Mitra; Mattias Windahl; [2021]
    Keywords : Universal Basic Income; Social Welfare; Financial Inter-mediation; Household Finance; Normative implications of UBI;

    Abstract : The question, merits and normative underpinnings of a Universal Basic Income policy have a long-standing genealogy in the various schools of thought that straddle economic reasoning. The demand for an exercise in dynamic general equilibrium macroeconomics, with microeconomic foundations, has been expressed by Ghatak and Maniquet (2019), Banerjee et al. READ MORE

  3. 32. Liberalization in times of crises? : A comparative study of labour market policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Öhman; [2021]
    Keywords : Liberalization; Institutional change; Path dependence; Drift; Labour market policy; Covid-19;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic has generated a serious stress test for welfare states and welfare state institutions. This challenge has been met by unprecedented responses from governments, most notably countrywide shutdowns of substantial sections of economies to facilitate social distancing. READ MORE

  4. 33. The Construction of Sex Trafficking - Swedish Policy-making, Effects and the Complexity of a Global Social Problem

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Tekla Münger; [2021]
    Keywords : Keywords: sex trafficking; victims; policy analysis; public sector; non-governmental organisations; Bacchi; intersectionality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Author: Tekla Münger Title: The Construction of Sex Trafficking – Swedish Policy-making, Effects and the Complexity of a Global Social Problem Master’s thesis SOCM04 Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Supervisor: Erik Hannerz Department of Sociology, spring 2021 The purpose of this qualitative study is to analyse how sex trafficking is constructed and represented as a social problem in policy documents. Further, to investigate how the problem representation of sex trafficking impacts the work of public and non-governmental organisations, and in the end the victim’s right to support and protection. READ MORE

  5. 34. The blue destination strategy in a small island tourism oriented society : The case of Bonaire

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Demy van Bremen; [2021]
    Keywords : Blue Destination; Island Tourism; Bonaire; Sustainability; Tourism Development Strategy.;

    Abstract : Tourism could be discussed as being a damaging phenomenon if not managed correctly as well as being destructive towards its own industry by its contribution towards climate change (UNWTO 2008; Glegg et al 2021; Grilli 2021). However, tourism is often considered to be highly important for the destination's economic and social development (Glegg et al 2021). READ MORE

  6. 35. Betydelsen av hundunderstödd undervisning vid problematisk skolfrånvaro samt tjänstehundarnas välfärd

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Moa Magnusson; [2021]
    Keywords : sociala tjänstehundar; skolfrånvaro; djurvälfärd; samhällsnytta;

    Abstract : In Sweden we have compulsory school attendance but still, some children and teenagers never graduate from elementary school. There are numerous reasons why, some being problematic home conditions and others that the student has neurodevelopmental problems. Long-term effects of incomplete primary school education for the adolescent are e.g. READ MORE