Essays about: "high-income country"
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1. Menstrual rights are human rights - a qualitative study about period poverty among homeless Roma in Stockholm
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : In the past decade, period poverty has gained more attention in international research. However, in Sweden the issue is still neglected which results in a complete absence of scientific research. Period poverty is not exclusively a phenomenon in low-income countries but is present around the globe. READ MORE
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2. SELF-INTEREST OR SOLIDARITY? An examination of rising income inequality’s effect on attitudes toward welfare spending among high- income earners in Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : With rising inequality all over the world and simultaneous concern about the economic viability of the welfare state model, research has paid increasing attention to how economic inequality affects public opinion towards welfare policy in developed welfare states. Where earlier results and cross-country comparisons have given contradictory results of this relationship, this paper looks at how attitudes toward welfare spending generosity among income groups in Sweden have developed since 1996 in the context of rising income inequality. READ MORE
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3. The Drivers of Decoupling: The Influence of Political factors on CO2 Emissions using a two-way fixed effect approach
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The fight against climate change and the subsequent discussions about sustainable growth have been ongoing for decades. While multiple countries have successfully achieved sustainable growth, which is described as decoupling in the literature, it is still unanswered which factors are the key driving forces. READ MORE
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4. Economic determinants of OECD fertility rates : Evidence of the Easterlin hypothesis
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : The Easterlin hypothesis of relative cohort sizes has previously been used to explain changes in the fertility rate in the mid-20th century. The hypothesis states that a small relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort increases the fertility rate, and a large relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort decreases the fertility rate. READ MORE
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5. Lao Students’ Financial Behavior and Financial Well-being : The Role of Gender, Competence, Confidence, and Trust in Bank Systems
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : To increase sound financial behavior and financial well-being among people in different countries, we need policies developed from various local perspectives. We have conducted a field study in the lower-middle-income country Laos, founded on a previous study from a high-income country. READ MORE
