Essays about: "Social and Economic Welfare"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 191 essays containing the words Social and Economic Welfare.

  1. 36. Weaving stories of a workshop under suspension : Experiences of female weavers in rural Greece

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Anna Gkirmpa; [2021]
    Keywords : women; low educational background; employability; rug weaving; suspension; biographical narrative approach;

    Abstract : A weaving program initiated in 1981 by the National Welfare Organization to support the women with low educational background living in a Slavic-speaking area of the mountainous borderlands of Northern Greece, and continued for thirty years until its suspension in 2010. This research aims to shed light on factors that are experienced as important by participants in handcrafted employability projects. READ MORE

  3. 37. The Curious Case of Universal Basic Income

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rik Hendrik Gerardus Hendriks; [2021]
    Keywords : Universal Basic Income; Minimum Income Protection; Welfare States; Behavioural Patterns; Non-take up of Benefits and Tax-Benefit Model Simulations.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research focuses on universal basic income (UBI) and what potential societal effects an implementation of such a benefit could have. While many opinionated papers circulate within the academic debate, this thesis tries to systematically bring together, interpret and critically evaluate the scientific publications that are relevant to the analysis of the implementation of UBI. READ MORE

  4. 38. Sense and nonsense of localized food systems : a case study of food manufacturing in Leipzig

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Lotta Allegra De Carlo; [2021]
    Keywords : Germany; localism; local trap; organization theory; short supply chains; value theory;

    Abstract : Purpose: Foods from localized food system approaches have become increasingly popular in recent years. There remains scholarly debate about the added value of such approaches, however. READ MORE

  5. 39. How does the European stock market react to sustainability? : An empirical analysis of the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Victor Moberg; Karin Molin Eriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : corporate social responsibility CSR ; Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index DJSEUR ; event study; financial performance; företags sociala ansvar; Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index DJSEUR ; eventstudie; finansiell prestanda;

    Abstract : Background: The increase in development and welfare that has been achieved in recent decades has led to a deterioration of the planet. Increased awareness on this matter has led to a concern to become more sustainable, both on an individual level and firm level. READ MORE

  6. 40. From Wall Street to Brazil: The Financialization of the Brazilian Economy as a Driver of Increasing Inequalities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Guilherme Oliveira Coutinho; [2021]
    Keywords : financialization; inequality; recommodification; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The Brazilian economy is now financialized, where the finance sector and its priorities have become increasingly dominant in all aspects of the economy. At the same time, the country has been facing extremely high levels of inequality and is currently the 8th most unequal country in the world. READ MORE