Essays about: "microdata"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 essays containing the word microdata.

  1. 6. Religion and Happiness: Is There a Positive Relationship? : An econometric analysis based on Swedish data

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Alice Jedborn; [2021]
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    Abstract : The Swedish public health authority has a target called equal health where the public health policy will create societal conditions for a good public health. There are different determinants of health which one by one affects the physical- and mental health and consequently the level of happiness. READ MORE

  3. 7. Regional Poverty Dynamics in Peru: The Role of Growth and Inequality Recent Evidence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Raisa Maria Rubio Cordova; [2021]
    Keywords : poverty; growth; inequality; Peru; informality.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last decades Peru experienced an unprecedented reduction in poverty amid a strong and sustainable economic rebound following structural reforms introduced in the 1990s which paralleled a downtrend in income inequality. Using microdata from the National Survey of Households (ENAHO) this study formally tests the simultaneous role of growth and inequality on poverty outcomes from 2007 to 2019. READ MORE

  4. 8. Estimates of the Return to Schooling and Variations Between Countries and Ability Groups

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : David Sandberg; [2021]
    Keywords : return to schooling; selection bias; propensity score matching; cross-country analysis; ability; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study analyzes the return to schooling in 22 countries. More specifically, the effect on earnings of receiving a bachelor’s and a master’s degree is estimated by applying a propensity score matching approach on microdata. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Migrant- and Gender Wage Gaps in Sweden : Evidence from a Quantile Decomposition

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Tilda Nilsson; [2021]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates the migrant- and gender wage gaps for female immigrants in the Swedish labour market for 2005. By using Swedish microdata on income and taking advantage of decomposition methods, in particular the Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) and the Recentered Influence Function, proposed by Firpo, Fortin and Lemieux (2018), this thesis analyses the pay gaps at the mean and across the distribution. READ MORE

  6. 10. Utilising waste heat from Edge-computing Micro Data Centres : Financial and Environmental synergies, Opportunities, and Business Models

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Eleanor Jane Dowds; Fatme El-Saghir; [2021]
    Keywords : Edge-computing; Micro Data Centre; waste heat; District Heating;

    Abstract : In recent times, there has been an explosion in the need for high-density computing and data processing. As a result the Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) demand on global energy resources has tripled in the last five years. READ MORE