Essays about: "Socio-Economic Panel"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words Socio-Economic Panel.
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1. Exploring Greenhouse Gas Emissions and socio-economic factors for climate change mitigation: A worldwide clustering analysis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionenAbstract : In response to the pressing need to address climate change and reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this study implemented Gaussian Mixture Models Clustering to detect the levels of GHG emissions and related socio-economic factors in 174 countries. To handle the panel data, Principal Component Analysis was conducted to achieve dimension reduction. READ MORE
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2. The Dynamics of Air Pollution, Socio-Economic Status and Mortality Rate: Panel Study Evidence from Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : This study investigated the relationship between the mortality rate and air pollution, as well as socioeconomic factors such as education, socioeconomic status, smoking behavior, and unemployment in Sweden using regional data on county level from 2005 to 2021. The study adopted Environmental Justice Theory as the theoretical framework and used fixed effects model to control for unobserved heterogeneity. READ MORE
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3. How union members’ position in the wage distribution affects income inequality in Germany : An empirical analysis of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : This thesis investigates the effect of union members’ position in the wage distribution on income inequality in Germany between 1998 and 2019. Specifically, data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are analyzed on two levels. READ MORE
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4. Organized Crime and Government Trust under the Covid-19 pandemic. The case study of Sicily.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Do municipalities in which organized crime is strongly established present lower Covid-19 vaccination rates, as a proxy for government trust? This paper aims to answer this question in the specific case of the Italian region of Sicily. Specifically, the analysis exploits a panel dataset of 390 Sicilian municipalities over 107 weeks (between the 27th of December 2020 and the 1st of January 2023) to study if areas with a higher presence of the Mafia, measured through historical sources and more recent data, negatively correlate with the cumulative weekly percentage of Covid-19 vaccinations per municipality. READ MORE
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5. Analysis of pervasive climate risks to global rice production at the subnational level
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Rice is a vital crop and main source of calories for half the global population, particularly in the GlobalSouth. Despite increasing demand for rice, climate change, urbanisation, and land use development arethreatening rice production and therefore food security. READ MORE