Essays about: "regional disparities"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 53 essays containing the words regional disparities.

  1. 36. Organization of regional rail public transport. : An integrated system is important if we want to increase the public transport share.

    University essay from KTH/Trafik och logistik

    Author : Pontus Gunnäs; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Public transport shows large regional disparities in development. This report aims to determine if any part of the cause is to be found in the form of the regional public transport organizations. READ MORE

  3. 37. The Regional and Rural-Urban Disparities of Primary Education in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Xi Chen; [2013]
    Keywords : primary education; regional disparities; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Education is seen as one of the key solutions to various social problems in the field of development studies. Primary education particularly lays the basis of forming knowledge and ability to access higher levels of other social activities. READ MORE

  4. 38. Convergence in Income Per Capita in the EMU Regions: An empirical investigation of sigma and beta convergence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Sandström; [2013]
    Keywords : Regional Convergence; European Regions; Economic growth; Cross-Section Regression; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : There are large differences in income level and growth across the members of the European and Monetary Union, and the differences are even larger at a regional level. As integration intensifies an important question is whether the disparities in terms of per capita incomes will diminish. READ MORE

  5. 39. Persistent High Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gerolf Aurig; [2013]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine the link between socio-economic factors and persistent high fertility in Niger. A national comparison with Senegal – an early fertility transition country – serves as reference point to understand the phenomenon on the basis of associated fertility patterns and drivers. READ MORE

  6. 40. Contextual economic conditions and the event of entry into parenthood:first childbearing in Sweden 2000-2007

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Christopher Grönberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Fertility; Entry into parenthood; First Childbearing; Contextual effects; Economic conditions; Vulnerability; Multilevel models;

    Abstract : In a contemporary Europe symptomized by concurrent trends of economic and demographic transformation it is increasingly important to trace how individuals are navigate their everyday contexts when making major life course decisions.  Placed within an emerging tradition of sub-national demographic research, this study focuses on how municipal economic conditions affect entry into parenthood throughout Sweden. READ MORE