Essays about: "employment during recession"

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1. 1. Credit Supply and its Impact on Small Businesses during the Great Recession: An Empirical Study of Low and High Income Counties in the US

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Robin Nordström; Cornelia Glowacki; [2022]
   Keywords : Small business loans; Credit supply; Great Recession; Inequality;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic effects that the reduction of credit that followed the Great Recession had on small businesses. We find that the supply of bank credit to small businesses in times of crisis does not discriminate against businesses in low income regions, but rather that the economic effects are the same through a nation-wide perspective. READ MORE

3. 2. Economic crisis and social capital : The effects of the Great Recession on social capital in Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Filip Hellberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Social capital; Great recession; Difference-in-Differences;

   Abstract : This paper studies the effects of the economic distress that occurred in Swedish municipalities during the financial crisis of 2008 and its effects on social capital. By comparing more exposed municipalities in terms of the decline in employment to less exposed municipalities with a difference-in-difference approach, the aim is to see if the Great Recession had heterogeneous effects on social capital in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. Tracing Cyclic Impact of Boom and Recession Periods Correlated to Health Care Markers : A quantitative analysis of healthcare utilization related to economic boom and bust

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   Author : Erik Johan Thorén; [2018]
   Keywords : health; healthcare; boom; bust; economics; hälsa; folkhälsa; folkhälsomarkörer; konjunkturcykel; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : At the core of this research is the question is: Is recession good for your health? The purpose of the research served to form a theoretical framework to support the concept that recession is not good for one’s health, but in fact creates a trend where individuals need health care more than in boom periods. There is also the concern that due to economic downturn even in Nordic nations, citizens do not receive health care out of concern for the expense or detriment to employment. READ MORE

5. 4. Does entrepreneurship and its motives have an impact on economic and employment growth? A Panel VAR analysis on EU-15 countries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Dimitrios Skopelitis; [2017]
   Keywords : Entrepreneurship; economic growth; employment growth; necessity; opportunity; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship has historically played a major role on the growth of economies. Its impact on countries’ economic and employment growth has been theoretically as well as empirically studied. The literature indicates a clear positive relation of entrepreneurship to those macro figures. READ MORE

6. 5. How did the financial crisis affect the approach to projects? - A case study of Volvo Trucks

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Björn Allansson; Robin Gunnarsson; [2013-06-28]
   Keywords : project risk; projects investment decisions; discount rate; financial crisis;

   Abstract : Background: The term investment have over time grown larger and wider, from mostly considering “hard” investments such as machinery, factories and plants to include also education, projects, marketing etc. Corporation investments have trough history been correlated to the economic situation with recession and good times effecting investments, as the uncertainty and risk increases during a recession, combined with debt financing becomes more limited. READ MORE