Essays about: "instrumental"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 504 essays containing the word instrumental.

  1. 6. Problematiken med att prissätta skyddsvärda träd : en kritisk granskning av två monetära värderingsverktyg för träd

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Olivia Bjurström; Emil Seipel; [2023]
    Keywords : urbana träd; biologisk mångfald; särskilt skyddsvärda träd; naturskyddsvärden; monetär värdering; monetärt värde; instrumentellt värde; strukturellt värde; kvantifieringskritik;

    Abstract : I takt med att skyddsvärda träd i städer minskar har flera värderingsverktyg skapats för att skydda dessa genom att ge träd ett ekonomiskt värde. Många av dessa har fått kritik för att inte spegla trädens fulla värde. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Emma Bergman Karlsson; Klara Holmer; [2023]
    Keywords : Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design; Two-Stage Least Squares; Gender Attitudes; Universal Primary Education; Uganda;

    Abstract : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. READ MORE

  4. 8. Study of oblique whistler waves in coronal mass ejections observed by Solar Orbiter

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsalaavdelningen

    Author : Sofia Lennerstrand; [2023]
    Keywords : Oblique whistler waves; Solar physics; Solar Orbiter;

    Abstract : In this paper a search routine in MATLAB was developed in order to find and analyze oblique whistler waves in the data from the ESA and NASA spacecraft Solar Orbiter. Oblique whistler waves are a type of plasma wave which propagate at an angle with respect to the background magnetic field. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Impact of Trade Openness on the Gender Wage Gap in Urban China, 2002-2013

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Zhuoyi Sun; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the impact of trade openness on the gender wage gap in urban China after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. Using data from the 2002 and 2013 China Household Income Project (CHIP), this paper uses OLS regression and instrumental variable regression, to analyze the relationship between trade openness and the gender wage gap. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Impact of Oil Prices on Carbon Dioxide Emission Levels in Sweden : a time-series regression analysis of Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Tilde Löfgren Weinebrandt; [2023]
    Keywords : oil prices; CO2 emissions; oil price elasticity; Multiple Linear Regression Model; Sweden; correlation;

    Abstract : Globally, CO2 emissions have increased over the last decades. This trend has been broken in Sweden, where CO2 emissions are declining. Oil is one of Sweden's largest sources of energy, accounting for over 20 % of all energy consumption, and oil combustion is a large source of CO2 emissions. READ MORE