Essays about: "Wealth Inequality"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 54 essays containing the words Wealth Inequality.

  1. 21. Happiness, Prosperity and Inequality in the 21st Century: The Case of Latin America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Frank Schönberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Happiness; Prosperity; Perceived Inequality; Latin America; Multilevel Modelling; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Latin American countries are among the happiest countries world-wide despite suffering from vast economic inequality at the same time. Addressing this alleged puzzle, this study analyses the effects of economic prosperity and inequality on happiness in Latin America. READ MORE

  3. 22. Adverse Impacts - An Empirical Examination of the Impact of Climate Extremes on Inequality in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Lindelöw; [2020]
    Keywords : India; Inequality; Climate change; Climate extremes; Fixed-Effects model.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Climate change is receiving more attention; the public debate has started to note its significance, and the consequences have started to show. How societies are interlinked with their environment is as evident in the 21st century as ever before. This study is an attempt to examine the relationship between climate change and inequality in India. READ MORE

  4. 23. Using Voting Rights to Estimate Swedish Wealth Inequality in the Late Nineteenth Century

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Johan Allen; Johan Callermo; [2020]
    Keywords : Wealth Inequality; Wealth Distribution; Economic Development;

    Abstract : Public and academic interest in inequality research is growing and we are increasingly seeing detailed national time series charting wealth and income inequality back to the beginning of the industrial revolution. Previous research on Swedish wealth inequality in the nineteenth century has been entirely based on samples of estate inventories. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Effects of a Nominal Renminbi Appreciation: A Heterogeneous Agent Approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Nicolas Powell; [2020]
    Keywords : heterogeneity; inequality; currency; savings; trade;

    Abstract : Recent decades have seen the development of significant asymmetries in the global balance of payments, which many critics argue have incited crises and contributed to growing financial instability. Often cited as a contributing factor to these asymmetries has been the artificial suppression of the value of Chinese currency, especially in the first decade of the 21st century. READ MORE

  6. 25. Did quantitative easing impact wealth inequality?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Marie-Jacques Georget; [2019]
    Keywords : Quantitative Easing; QE; monetary policy; wealth inequality; the Federal Reserve;

    Abstract : On November 25, 2008, the Federal Reserve initiated what came to be the largest Asset Purchase Program in history1, the Large-Scale Asset Purchase Program, widely known a quantitative easing (QE). When the Federal Reserve in October 29, 2014, announced the end of the program, they held $4.5 trillion worth of assets. READ MORE