Essays about: "Wealth Inequality"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 54 essays containing the words Wealth Inequality.

1. 26. Wealth Inequality : Analysis based on 21 EU countries

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Mengying Man; Meixuan Ren; [2019]
   Keywords : Wealth Inequality; Gini Index; Housing Price Index; Minimum Wage; Inflation Rate;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how wealth inequality alters when macroeconomic factors such as housing price index, inflation rate, and minimum wage change. In the theoretical part, the potential connection between some macroeconomic factors and wealth inequality is described through the link of the Lorenz Curve and Pareto distribution. READ MORE

3. 27. Do foreign tax evaders use the United States as a tax haven?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Tijmen Tuinsma; [2019]
   Keywords : tax havens; tax evasion; capital flight; European Savings Directive; Common Reporting Standard;

   Abstract : Tax havens are of signicant importance in the current global economy. The wealth hidden in these havens is estimated to add up to $6000 billion and this issue is linked with wealth inequality and money laundering. Identication of tax havens differs between sources, and blacklists are often politicised. READ MORE

4. 28. Trends, structures and patterns of inequality and growth in Swedish regions: An analysis of the spatio-temporal patterns in the development of inequality and income in Sweden 1990–2016

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Andreas Erlström; [2019]
   Keywords : Uneven development; Income inequality; Agglomeration economies; Structural growth theory; Path-dependency; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the spatio-temporal patterns of inequality and income growth in Sweden during the time-period 1990–2016. It aims at answering the question of whether there has been increasing inequalities, if so where and why. READ MORE

5. 29. Disaggregating economic inequality from space

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Neija Maegaard Elvekjær; [2019]
   Keywords : Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite VIIRS ; night-time lights; Gross Domestic Product GDP ; economic inequality; regional inequality; spatial inequality; Gini coefficient; spatial scale; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Reducing inequality is number 10 of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Inequality in society affect economic growth, development and poverty reduction, and through these indirectly affect environmental degradation, food security and other major problems facing society today. READ MORE

6. 30. (Ine)quality of air and water - A political ecology approach to a multilevel analysis of individual- and country-level factors impacting people’s experience of environmental quality in their community

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Josefin Stagge; [2019]
   Keywords : air quality; water quality; environmental justice; political ecology; uneven development; world-systems analysis; multilevel linear regression; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine inequalities in terms of air and water quality in a cross-national study comparing determinants at both individual and national level using a subjective measurement. This study explores how uneven development and economic inequalities within and between countries affect people’s experience of environmental problems (i. READ MORE