Essays about: "policy preferences"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 153 essays containing the words policy preferences.
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11. Parents’ School Choice at the Primary Education Level in Azerbaijan : A Comparative Study Between Azerbaijani-Speaking and Russian-Speaking Parents
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : School Choice has been introduced into several national education programs during the past three decades in Azerbaijan. Parents are invited to select from various schools to locate the one that “suits them the best”. READ MORE
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12. Fuel Poverty and Health
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : For the past decade, fuel poverty has become a major health concern in developed countries. In this paper, we contribute to the literature by conducting the first study that seeks to determine if there exists a causal relationship between fuel poverty and self-assessed general health in a country with high-income equality and low rates of fuel poverty. READ MORE
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13. Carrots, Sticks, and Other Tricks: Understanding the effectiveness and robustness of social mechanisms for encouraging cooperation in a complex adaptive system
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Cooperation is critical for success in many economic interactions, but social dilemmas between the best outcomes for society and for individual decision-makers often arise. This thesis adds to existing game-theoretic and behavioural studies by evaluating cooperation in the public goods game (a canonical social dilemma) in a more complex, realistic system. READ MORE
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14. Understanding China’s New Fertility Policy System through ‘Incrementalism’: Inferences from Online Articles Published by China Population and Development Research Center
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : In the ongoing transformation from previous “one-child policy” to current “two-/three-child policy” in China, the newly issued “supporting measures” system is highlighted to be crucial to boosting fertility. Extant studies on the issue are mostly limited to idealized discussions, while lacking a Public Administration perspective to comprehensively understand the real policy process. READ MORE
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15. Swedish Farmers’ Acceptance of RCTs and Economic Experiments
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : A shift in the Common European Agriculture (CAP) towards agri-environmental payment schemes meant to incentivise the provision of environmental public goods calls for a diverse set of policy evaluation methods. Economic experiments such as RCTs can be efficient and cost-effective tools for improving and evaluating the effectiveness of these novel policies. READ MORE
