Essays about: "Taiwan"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 122 essays containing the word Taiwan.

  1. 21. The Long-term Effect of Macro Shocks at Labor Market Entry: Evidence from Taiwan

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Yunyi Jin; [2022]
    Keywords : Recession; Long-term effect; Labor market conditions;

    Abstract : The hit of the pandemic brought out an increasing unemployment rate in the labor market. Young workers coming of age are hugely influenced when going through the school-to-work transition, an early life stage impacting future careers. READ MORE

  3. 22. China’s Nationalism on Divide : A case study on the shift of national identity in Hong Kong and Taiwan

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Kam Christine; [2022]
    Keywords : Nationalism; National Identity; East Asia; China; Taiwan; Hong Kong; democracy;

    Abstract : This thesis paper sets out to explore nationalism and national identity in East Asia, with a specific lens on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as the comparative case-study. By examining the theoretical arguments and concepts of nationalism and national identity, the research questions to analyze in this paper are: (1) If individual actors and societies can define and construct their own national identity, simultaneously combat and resist the imposition of a nationalism ideology? and (2) If the rise of nationalism must result in a corresponding rise in the perception of one’s national identity in society? Despite the rising Chinese nationalism, both cases demonstrate a high peripheral and civic identity as Hongkongers and Taiwanese. READ MORE

  4. 23. Exploring Housing Market Dynamics through Google Search : A Case of Taiwan

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Yi-Chi Yeh; [2022]
    Keywords : Housing; Real Estate; Google Trends; Taiwan; Bostad; fastigheter; Google Trender; Taiwan;

    Abstract : To capture house price fluctuations, it is important to combine appropriate factors into the price forecasting model. Fundamental macroeconomic variables have been considered quite completely in many housing price models. However, the ability of these models to predict housing prices are still limited. READ MORE

  5. 24. To innovate or not - that is the question A study investigating how the number of patents applications has been affected by the EU ETS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alma Hemberg; [2021-08-23]
    Keywords : aviation; business enterprise investments; cement; difference-in-differences; emissions; environmental regulation; EPO; Espacenet; the EU ETS; GDP growth; gross domestic investments; innovation; IPC; manufacturing of iron and steel; OECD; patent applications; patents; Porter Hypothesis; R D;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how patent applications (as a proxy measure for innovation) in regulated sectors were affected by the implementation of the European Emission Trading System (the EU ETS) in 2005. The studied EU ETS-regulated sectors are cement and manufacturing of iron and steel with aviation sector as a placebo check. READ MORE

  6. 25. Settlement and Interactions in Pacific Prehistory : An Overview of Modern Genetic Research

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Mira Anna Beatrice Lumbye; [2021]
    Keywords : Pacific; Polynesia; South America; prehistory; migration; genetics; aDNA;

    Abstract : The Pacific is the part of the world that was last settled by humans. The colonization occurred in different stages which can be discerned through various methods, one of them DNA analysis of humans as well as other species of animals and plants associated with human settlement. READ MORE