Essays about: "Sofia Törneke"

Found 2 essays containing the words Sofia Törneke.

1. 1. Is the welfare state in need of caregiving? Labor supply effects for informal caregivers in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Törneke; [2015]
   Keywords : Infomal caregiving; Labor economics; female labor force participation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper estimates labor supply effects for informal caregivers in Sweden using four waves of the SHARE data panel. To give daily or weekly care to a parent, step parent or parent in law is found to be more common among women than among men and is associated with lower employment probability for daily caregivers although the causal direction of the relationship is unclear. READ MORE

3. 2. A pigovian tax on beef - consumption effects and consequence analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Törneke; [2014]
   Keywords : sustaniable consumption; pigovian taxes; meat consumption; beef demand; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Meat production accounts for approximately 18 per cent of the total GHG emissions in the world and beef is the kind of meat associated with the highest emissions. This paper derives the beef demand and elasticities in Sweden using regression analysis. READ MORE