Essays about: "capital accumulation"

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  1. 1. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Unconditional cash transfers; needs-based cash grants; welfare targeting; human capital development accumulation; skill formation technology; regression kink design;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. READ MORE

  3. 2. Land Inequality, Agrarian Development and Peace in Colombia : A Political Ecology View

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Michelle Silva Vásquez; [2023]
    Keywords : Colombia; land accumulation; dispossession; peace; political ecology; peasants;

    Abstract : One of the major problems that characterizes the Colombian countryside is the extreme concentration of land. When addressing the question of how land has been concentrated in Colombia, often the emphasis is placed on phenomena such as armed violence and drug-trafficking. READ MORE

  4. 3. Net Zero, Net Profit: An Analysis of Offshore UK Carbon Capture and Storage

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

    Author : Alexander Verne Magnus Perry; [2023]
    Keywords : Marx; primitive fossil capital; carbon capture and storage; CCS; socio-ecological fix; defensive fix; hegemony; green capitalism; materialised ideology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The UK government is legally bound to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as part of its actions to address climate change. One prominent method of decarbonisation is carbon capture and storage (CCS), slated for deployment in two industrial clusters by the mid-2020s. READ MORE

  5. 4. RBC with Endogenous Health

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Linnéa Ekberg; Rasmus Grehn; [2023]
    Keywords : Business cycle; Health; Health investment; Time allocation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the limited literature on RBC models with endogenous health accumulation. To this end, we develop an infinitely lived agent model with endogenous health, productivity shocks, and health shocks. Health is conceptualized as a capital stock in accordance with the Grossman model. READ MORE

  6. 5. Resolution Without Revolution: Green Capitalism, Ecological Management, and the Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry in the United States

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

    Author : Jacob Daniel Ferrell; [2023]
    Keywords : carbon dioxide removal; negative emissions; United States; ecological Marxism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is quickly moving from mere imagination to material reality. As I write, billions of dollars are flowing into this nascent industry from government, philanthropy, and venture capital; this thesis thus attempts to grasp history as it flies. READ MORE