Essays about: "regional inequality"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 57 essays containing the words regional inequality.

  1. 21. Regional Dispersions : Wages and Institutions in the Interwar Period

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : William Skoglund; [2021]
    Keywords : Labor market history; regional inequality; regional development; wage setting;

    Abstract : In this thesis I analyze regional labor markets in the interwar period using a firm-level wagedatabase. Using wages for both men, women, and minors I show that previous studiesunderestimate regional inequalities. Wages for all workers converged slightly between 1922and 1930 but male wages diverged. READ MORE

  3. 22. Exploring the relationship between income inequality and income growth : More evidence from the US

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Sandro Lörtscher; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper further investigates the relationship between income inequality and income growth at a regional level while also controlling for typical growth determinants in a panel of 48 US states and the District of Columbia between 1987-2017. The paper also addresses the issue of endogeneity by instrumenting income inequality with the age structure of the respective US states. READ MORE

  4. 23. Primary health care and the challenges of identifying bipolar disorder : A regional comparative study in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Fia Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Bipolar disorder; primary health care; mental health; diagnostic delay; regional inequality;

    Abstract : Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe psychiatric diagnosis that is difficult to identify. Diagnostic delays are 5-10 years and cause irreversible harm for the patient and burden health care systems. Health deterioration and societal costs may be avoided if BD were diagnosed and treated at an early stage in the disease progression. READ MORE

  5. 24. Influence of Agglomerations in the Service Sector in Economic Growth: Mexico, 2005-2018.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Lobaton Verduzco; [2020]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the relationship between the presence of economic agglomerations and regional economic growth in Mexico during the period 2005- 2018. The focus is mainly toward understanding the influence of clusters in the service sector due to its increasing potential for driving the economy. READ MORE

  6. 25. Determinants of distributed PV systems in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Fink; [2020]
    Keywords : Brazil; photovoltaic; solar energy; distributed generation; energy security; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this thesis determinants of distributed PV uptake in Brazil are estimated over a period from 2012 to 2019. To provide a deeper inside into the distributed PV market, a municipality-based panel regression is used to estimate determinants of PV consumer units and installed potential. READ MORE