Essays about: "relative income inequality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words relative income inequality.

1. 1. A Tale of Two Sets of Opportunities. An exploration of Inequality of Opportunity among natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Irem Ucan; [2023]
   Keywords : Inequality of Opportunity; normative economics; Shapley decomposition; second-generation immigrants; income inequality; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the extent of income inequality that is attributed inherited circumstances such as social and family background, denoted as Inequality of Opportunity or IOp, for natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity captures the between-type inequality, when individuals are grouped into types based on these predetermined circumstances, which involves parametrically estimating the average outcome of each type and comparing these averages between types. READ MORE

3. 2. To hell with the state if work or economic equality is nowhere to be seen : Studying citizen political support in relation to economic indicators

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Robin Strandberg; [2022]
   Keywords : political system; political support; political culture; political subculture; unemployment; relative income inequality; gini coefficient;

   Abstract : The essential cornerstone of society and the state is political support. Studying political support is therefore very important in political sciences. The purpose of this study was to research political support and its interrelation with the economic indicators of unemployment and relative income inequality. The study built on previous research. READ MORE

4. 3. Global Income Inequality and the World Bank - The Depoliticization of Inequality

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jonathan Bergling Sidenros; [2022]
   Keywords : The World Bank; neoliberalism; global inequality; depoliticization; meritocracy; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This dissertation tackles contemporary optimism regarding global income inequality trends from a critical perspective. It looks at the World Bank's influential report on global inequality from 2016, and investigates whether the World Bank's objective notion of themselves is plausible. READ MORE

5. 4. Wage Rigidities, Monetary Policy and Inequality: Insights from a three-agent New Keynesian model

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Tamar Den Besten; [2022]
   Keywords : monetary policy; new keynesian models; household heterogeneity; inequality; nominal wage rigidities;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I use a three-agent New Keynesian (THRANK) dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, which features poor-, wealthy- and non-hand-to-mouth (HtM) households. I augment the model by introducing nominal wage rigidities to account for empirical evidence regarding wages and profits. READ MORE

6. 5. The Role of Online Dating in Intra-couple Gender Equality

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Lovisa Qvarner; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender equality; Marital sorting; Online dating; Market design; Man deficit;

   Abstract : Online dating has earned a key role in couple formation over the last two decades. This thesis explores gender differences in sorting across online and offline dating markets with a historical dimension, and thereby includes the aspect of development of market environments over time. READ MORE