Essays about: "Welfare Economics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 186 essays containing the words Welfare Economics.

1. 6. Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Later Life

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Juste Lekstyte; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study aimed to examine if there are gender differences in health that vary by education after midlife (age 50 years) across 17 different European countries. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe in 2015, the study applied multilevel linear regression models to investigate gender differences in frailty index. READ MORE

3. 7. Is there a willingness to pay for shade provision as part of cycling urban infrastructure? Eliciting attributes of a discrete choice experiment in Neiva, Colombia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Jorge Andres Arce Correa; [2023]
   Keywords : Bicycle commuting; shade; sustainable development; stated preference; welfare economics;

   Abstract : This manuscript reports on an exploration of whether shade provision is valued by urban users of cycling infrastructure. A description of the elicitation process has been outlined in order to build a general but detailed analysis of the different stages included in the exercise of attribute elicitation. READ MORE

4. 8. Full-Time Activation Programs: Driving Productivity or Promoting Self-Sorting?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Arian Mosaddegh; [2023]
   Keywords : Full-time Activation Programs; Difference-in-Differences; Workfare; Welfare Dependency; Unemployment Rate; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study investigates the impacts of full-time activation programs on unemployment and welfare dependency rates in Swedish municipalities. With a policy proposal by the current government to make full-time activation mandatory for welfare eligibility, this research examines the underlying perspectives of such programs and their effectiveness in integrating the unemployed into the labor market. READ MORE

5. 9. House Transactions in the Macroeconomy as Needs Change over the Life Cycle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ruben Åkerlund; [2023]
   Keywords : House Prices; Bargaining; Multiple Equilibria; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : A long-term overlapping generations macroeconomic framework is presented, in which a downsizing old generation bargains with an upsizing middle-aged generation to settle on house prices. In this model, both expectations, which are coordinated by the relative bargaining power of each generation, and credit conditions, which influence the range of prices each side will accept, are important for the resulting house price. READ MORE

6. 10. Understanding the Norwegian Petroleum Industry: How does Oil explain Norwegian Public Expenditure and Social Spending? How vulnerable is it to shocks?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Ignacio Ruesta Boceta; [2023]
   Keywords : Norway; Social Public Spending; Oil Exports; VEC; Impulse Response; External vulnerabilities; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : There are few people who deny that Norway's social welfare was achieved after Oil Discoveries. But there is concern about the sustainability of the Norwegian economy regarding the volatility of the Oil market. READ MORE