Essays about: "family insurance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words family insurance.

  1. 1. Do institutional investors care about material ESG disclosure? Evidence from the SASB standards

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : João Monteiro; Laura Bahde; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG disclosure; SASB standards; institutional ownership; financial materiality; sustainable finance;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between institutional ownership and SASB disclosure, by applying a linear probability model with fixed effects to our panel dataset. We find that certain groups of institutional investors demand SASB disclosure, and that their demand is sensitive to the disclosure costs faced by firms, namely information production and proprietary costs. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Marriage the Merrier: Examining the Role of Family Labor Supply in Consumption Inequality

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Filip Stubbfält; [2022]
    Keywords : Economic Inequality; Family Labor Supply; Consumption Smoothing;

    Abstract : Using data from the Panel Study of Income dynamics between 2009 and 2019, I first document that the disconnect between consumption and earnings inequality holds for married households but not single households. Married households seem to behave consistently with the Permanent Income Hypothesis, smoothing out their consumption based on their expected lifetime incomes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Natural disasters : What are the economic consequences of natural disasters for households?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Adélie Cleenewerck; [2021]
    Keywords : Natural disasters; households; coping mechanisms;

    Abstract : Climate change is an important subject nowadays and climate change leads to more natural disasters. This essay is a large literature study on Asian, American, European, Oceanian and African countries about the economic consequences for households as a result of natural disasters and the coping mechanisms used by households, as well as governments and institutions. READ MORE

  5. 4. The (Un)limited Individual in Swedish Family Politics : An in-depth analysis of an extreme-case in making us less dependent on our families

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Kristensson; [2020]
    Keywords : family politics; gender equality; parental insurance; individualization; familization;

    Abstract : In light of new social risks, such as the decline in fertility rates in large parts of the industrialised world, family policies – for example parental insurance and public childcare – appear to put increasing focus on the individual’s ability to combine labour market employment with family life. This means that individuals become less dependent on their families, conceptualised as an individualisation of policy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Implementing Liikumisretsept (Physical Activity on Prescription) in Estonian healthcare

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Tarmo Tikk; [2020]
    Keywords : Physical activity; Physical Activity on Prescription; Estonia; Liikumisretsept; Implementation; Organizational readiness for change; Content analysis;

    Abstract : Background: Physical Activity on Prescription (PAP) is a proven way to increase physical activity amongst patients in primary healthcare. Despite the scientific support for the method and the fact that it is being used in several countries (for example Sweden and Finland ), Estonia has not implemented this method in the healthcare system. READ MORE