Essays about: "country econometrics"

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1. 1. Regional Inequality and Spatial Dependence in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Samuel Malmström Arfwedson; [2023]
   Keywords : Regional inequality; convergence; spatial dependence; spatial econometrics; Sweden; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Regional inequality is a growing concern in developed countries, as country-level convergence may obscure increasing disparities within countries. This thesis aims to address this concern by examining the dynamics of regional convergence in Sweden from 1980-2022. READ MORE

3. 2. The Natural Resource Curse at the Regional Level? : The Case of Sweden

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Carl Bellerud; [2020]
   Keywords : Resource curse; convergence; econometrics;

   Abstract : The resource curse thesis states that countries with an abundance of natural resources tend to experience lower economic growth rates. However, does this theory apply also to the regional level? The purpose of this thesis is to both test the natural resources curse theory at the regional level in Sweden, as well to examine if different types of natural resource dependencies appear to have the same effect on regional income growth in the country. READ MORE

4. 3. Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment and Its Relationship to the Quality of the Education System: A Cross-Country Study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : David Sandberg; Daniel Strandberg; [2018]
   Keywords : intergenerational mobility; education quality; econometrics; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of having a high-quality education system is not only to increase the human capital level of the younger population, but also a mechanism to minimize the differences between children’s chances to succeed in life. Children who come from poor backgrounds and have low educated parents will be given a possibility to succeed through a high-quality education system. READ MORE

5. 4. Education and Development : A spatial-econometric approach on spatial change and permanence in southern Brazil

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Vinícius Floriani Martins; [2016]
   Keywords : education; development; exploratory spatial data analysis; spatial econometrics; path dependence; Brazil; Paraná.;

   Abstract : The Brazilian state of Paraná exhibits a violent geography of inequality and duality, hosting both the most developed city in the country, internationally recognized by its urban and environmental innovations, and southern Brazil’s most concentrated cluster of poverty and underdevelopment. Over the course of the past decades, the state underwent a major economic transformation, modernizing and increasing its industrial structure and shifting to the service sector with a larger participation of the knowledge economy. READ MORE

6. 5. An empirical study of regional convergence, inequality, and spatial dependence in the enlarged European Union

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : John Källström; [2012]
   Keywords : regional income inequality; beta-convergence; sigma-convergence; spatial econometrics; exploratory spatial data analysis; spatial dependence; European Union; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with regional convergence and the spatial dynamics of regional incomes in the enlarged EU. The aim is to build on prior work in the field, to investigate convergence dynamics of regions in the newest EU member states and to look at the importance of country and spatial effects in the convergence process. READ MORE