Essays about: "hypothesis of marriage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words hypothesis of marriage.

  1. 1. Gender Imbalance and Educational Investments in China

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jessica Johansson; Anna Johnsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sex Ratio; Education; One Child Policy; Marriage; Signaling;

    Abstract : An unintended consequence of the One Child Policy, introduced in 1979, has been the increasing sex ratio imbalance in China. This has resulted in millions of excess males, facing difficulties in finding a spouse. 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. Motherhood and Income : A study on how motherhood affects women’s income

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Hawraz Kamari; Groop Jonatan; [2020]
    Keywords : income inequality; motherhood pay gap; wage gap; inkomstskillnader; löneskillnad;

    Abstract : This paper explores the income effect which motherhood has on women, using (American) Census data. The hypothesis states that the income effect is negative. Previous studies have shown that indeed children lower the income of women and that it is decreased with every additional child. READ MORE

  5. 4. Married to War : Exploring forced marriage as a socialization strategy of armed groups

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Chiara Tulp; [2019]
    Keywords : forced marriage; armed groups; conflict; sexual violence; socialization;

    Abstract : Previous literature introduced forced marriage as a tool to socialize combatants and increase group cohesion. Yet, explanations for why armed groups select forced marriage, and for the variation in the occurrence of forced marriage across armed groups are lacking. READ MORE

  6. 5. "For every thing that lives is Holy": Authenticity and Inclusion in William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Alexis Lundblom; [2018]
    Keywords : William Blake; Authenticity; The Marriage of Heaven and Hell; Romanticism; Inclusion; Rousseau; Swedenborg; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay examines the concept of authenticity in relation to William Blake in general and specifically in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790). The Romantic period idealised authenticity but focussed studies into Blake’s relationship with authenticity are relatively few. READ MORE