Essays about: "income convergence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words income convergence.

  1. 1. Regional Inequality and Spatial Dependence in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Samuel Malmström Arfwedson; [2023]
    Keywords : Regional inequality; convergence; spatial dependence; spatial econometrics; Sweden; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Regional inequality is a growing concern in developed countries, as country-level convergence may obscure increasing disparities within countries. This thesis aims to address this concern by examining the dynamics of regional convergence in Sweden from 1980-2022. READ MORE

  3. 2. Growth and Resilience Theory: A new way of conceptualising convergence dynamics.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anthony Smythe; [2022]
    Keywords : Economic Development; Growth; Shrinking; Resilience; Convergence; Divergence; Catch-up; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Recent studies have highlighted how building resilience to ‘shrinking’ episodes, as opposed to increasing growth rates, appears to be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to between-country income convergence. All economies seem to be able to grow, but few countries have been able to drastically improve their shrinking patterns, which has underpinned the divergence often argued in literature. READ MORE

  4. 3. Social Capability and Resilience to Economic Shrinking - An innovative Perspective on Growth and the Income Divergence between Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia & Pacific

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Persson; Emma Hanning; [2021]
    Keywords : economic shrinking; social capability; income convergence; shrinking resilience; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since the beginning of the 1960’s, there has been a widening gap in GDP per capita between the countries in the regions of East Asia & Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa. By growing more and shrinking less, some but not all, developing countries have deviated from a state of underdevelopment and caught up with the developed world. READ MORE

  5. 4. Silver bullet or Barbed lure? : An analysis of the Girjas verdict and its potential to stimulate sustainable tourism development in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Marios Michaelides; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable tourism development; Sami; Girjas Verdict; Indigenous tourism; Fishing; Hunting;

    Abstract : The Sami indigenous peoples in Northern Scandinavia face ongoing pressures to maintain their traditional way of life. Today, scholars of resilience and sustainability studies have looked towards indigenous tourism to deliver income diversity and cultural preservation. However, to date, this realization has been slow. READ MORE

  6. 5. Convergence of CO2 emissions in the Americas

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Mikael Arvidsson Martins; [2021]
    Keywords : Carbon Dioxide Emissions; Emission Intensity; Convergence; Club Convergence; The Americas;

    Abstract : Maintaining global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is vital. Whether the convergence hypothesis holds for carbon dioxide emissions is important for policymakers facing this issue. This paper investigates the convergence behavior of carbon dioxide emissions for 39 countries in the Americas from 1960-2016. READ MORE