Essays about: "effect of rural urban migration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words effect of rural urban migration.

1. 1. The Role of Education in Shaping Migration Decisions: An Analysis of the Higher Education Reform of 1977 in Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Patrick Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : migration; educational reforms; geography; causal effect; difference in differences;

   Abstract : This study examines whether or not Sweden’s education reform in 1977, which established new university colleges in selected urban municipalities, had a spillover effect on people’s migration decisions toward rural municipalities and, if so, how that effect varied across demographic groups. To test this, a difference-in-differences method with a fixed effect setting is used in combination with Coarsened Exact Matching to create the best-matched control group. READ MORE

3. 2. Beyond the Surface: An Empirical Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Zambia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Jannis Köhler; [2023]
   Keywords : Multidimensional Child Poverty; Determinants; Rural-to-Urban Migration; Zambia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Zambia has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, child poverty remains an understudied area and the determinants thereof are not well understood. READ MORE

4. 3. The female perspective on a situation of uncertainty : examining gendered and accumulated vulnerability in multiexposure to stressors through a case study in rural Nepal

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Filippa Dahlback; [2023]
   Keywords : Multi-exposure; stressors; climate change; Ghorka earthquake; COVID-19; vulnerability; gender; Nepal; life histories; small-scale farmers;

   Abstract : Climate change impacts are becoming more severe globally, with estimations of a continued negative trend in the future. This interacts with increasing natural disasters as well as non-climatic stressors, such as pandemics or social stressors, creating a multi-exposure to stressors especially harmful for rural populations and small-scale farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. READ MORE

5. 4. Population ageing and regional economic growth : A master thesis examining the effect of an ageing population on the output of Swedish municipalities

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Erik Hermansson; [2020]
   Keywords : Population ageing; economic growth; Swedish municipalities; urban; rural;

   Abstract : Swedish municipalities have very different age structures. Migration from rural to urban areas has led to a polarisation of Swedish regions, where urban centres have an inflow of young and skilled workers while rural regions are ageing and falling behind economically. READ MORE

6. 5. CREATING BETTER URBAN SPACE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH In Urbanization

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Mustakima Hussain; [2017]
   Keywords : Nature and Child development; Urban Children Issue; Paths for Children; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Policy on Planning for Children and Youth in urbanization environment. Enriching Urban Cityscape for Children and Youth through Scandinavian (Swedish and Danish) child methodology on the old European planning model. In this model, traffic management has the most potential in planning. READ MORE