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  1. 1. Education as a Double-Edge Sword: Examining the Dynamics between Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2023]
    Keywords : wage inequality; education expansion; Colombia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between education and income inequality in Colombia. Using unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) this paper examines the wage returns of different education levels at various points of the wage distribution. READ MORE

  3. 2. No agency, no sustainability : conceptualising the loss of agency and how to restore it for sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jan Peter Glock; [2017]
    Keywords : agency; unconditional basic income; neoliberalism; insecurity; structural transformation; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation demand humanity to depart from the growth imperative forming the economic structure of the world. In other words: Structural transformation is needed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Basic Income: A Comparative Study of Brazil and India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Aisha Hassan; [2016]
    Keywords : Basic Income; Brazil; India; Comparative Study; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Do we know enough about Basic Income (BI) to support or discharge it? In this paper, two studies on the subject are reviewed in order to answer this question. One is the pilot study of Unconditional Basic Income in rural India (conducted by SEWA and UNICEF in 2011-2013) and the other is the Bolsa Escola/ Bolsa Familia program that was launched in Brazil in 1995 and is still ongoing. READ MORE

  5. 4. Can Basic Income Combat Social Exclusion? An Investigation into the Potential Effects of a Basic Income

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Colm Flaherty; [2015]
    Keywords : Basic Income; Social Exclusion; Welfare State; Welfare Policies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, the welfare state has found itself unable to combat issues such as unemployment and poverty, forcing an ever-increasing share of the population to face an increasingly precarious existence. In light of this situation, a growing number of activists and academics have begun to embrace a new means for combating such issues, basic income. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Stories We Tell : Designing Values-Oriented Narratives of Radical Change Initiatives Towards Sustainability

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Sérgio Alves; Wiebke Fercho; Erica Scott; [2014]
    Keywords : Guidelines; Human values; Narrative; Sustainability Communication; Strategic Sustainable Development; Values-oriented narrative;

    Abstract : While extensive communication around the sustainability challenges have lead to increased awareness, the expected behavior change correspondent to that level of awareness has not been observed. After decades of information-based sustainability communication the research community recognizes values as important drivers of peoples behavior. READ MORE