Essays about: "relative income"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 128 essays containing the words relative income.

  1. 21. Housing and Populism

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Rebekka Andersson; Gabriel Nelsson Vedung; [2021]
    Keywords : housing market dynamics; populism; political geography;

    Abstract : In the last half-decade, populism has become a trademark of western politics. Much literature has been devoted to explaining the rise in populism and most researchers tend to focus on macroeconomic shifts and trends, often overlooking the impact of house price developments on populist appeal at the individual level. READ MORE

  3. 22. An Extended Mental Accounting Model for Green Last Mile Delivery

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Hampus Filipsson; Victor Gustafsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Konsumentpreferenser; Grön transport; Mental Accounting;

    Abstract : Background. Several technologies are being developed to reduce emissions to make the transportsector greener. Extensive research has been conducted on the supply side of these technologies, but not as much on the demand side. Objectives. READ MORE

  4. 23. Work or Shirk : Finding the optimal enforced effort in activation and evaluating the job stimulus for social benefit recipients, by introducing effective leisure in a labor supply model

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Oliver Rosengren; [2021]
    Keywords : Labor supply; benefits; social assistance; social benefits; job stimulus; earnings disregard; extensive margin; employment; shirking; effort; Arbetsutbud; bidrag; socialtjänst; ekonomiskt bistånd; socialbidrag; försörjningsstöd; jobbstimulans; ansträngning; sysselsättning; extensiva marginalen;

    Abstract : Social benefits were forecasted to increase by 13 percent to 2022 before the pandemic hit the economy (Prop. 2018/19:1). In the latest forecast it has almost doubled: an increase of 24 percent to 2022 (Prop. 2020/21:1). READ MORE

  5. 24. Income, Insurance, and Happiness in China: Evidence from CHIP2013

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Yanni Shen; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Subjective Well-being; Income; Insurance; Ordered Logit Model;

    Abstract : By using the data from China Household Income Project 2013 (CHIP2013), an empirical analysis is made on the relationship among income, insurance and subjectively reported well-being (SWB) of Chinese people. The ordered logit model esimates suggest that both income and insurances relate to SWB positively. READ MORE

  6. 25. What Is the Role of Environmental Concern on Positional Behaviour?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Annie Schön; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Environmental Concerns; Relative Income; Subjective Well-Being JEL Codes: C90; D63;

    Abstract : The main focus of this thesis is how concerns for environmental degradation relate to positional behaviour, and whether the association between subjective well-being and household income depend on individual level of environmental concern. The empirics of the thesis is based on micro panel data during the years 1992-2017. READ MORE