Essays about: "neoclassical economics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words neoclassical economics.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Aunque les cueste la vida/ Even if it will cost them their life : A study of irregular migration between Guatemala and the United States of America and the effects it has on the Maya communities

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Paulina Åström; Esther Elgaard; [2023]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Irregular Migration; Maya Community; USAID; Corruption; IOM; NGO; Return migration;

    Abstract : Today, many Guatemalans flee the country and leave their home communities behind due to poor living conditions and high unemployment. Irregular migration involves many risks yet is for many seen as a necessity to live a purposeful life. READ MORE

  4. 3. Discrimination: A Threat to Economic Growth. Deriving a Neoclassical Growth Model with Human Capital Barriers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erika Hansson; Ebba Wallin; [2022]
    Keywords : Discrimination; Human Capital; Neoclassical Growth Model; Education; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper was set out to examine how discrimination lower incentives to attain human capital throughout different societal sectors and, thus, how human capital barriers affect economic growth. We aim to derive a generalized theoretical framework that is applicable to any group facing discrimination. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE

  6. 5. Climate innovations in the financial sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Aurélie Pollak; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate-related risks; Sweden; Financial risks; Financial innovation; Evolutionary theory; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : A green transition requires to drive public and private capital towards investments in line with environmental norms. Scholars are constantly looking into the performances of sustainable finance and how to measure them. Yet, the perspective from financial firms on climate finance has hardly been studied. READ MORE