Essays about: "wealth effect"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 123 essays containing the words wealth effect.

1. 1. Do Changes in Housing Prices and Rents Affect Fertility Decisions? A panel data study on women aged 20-45 in Switzerland.

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Eric Hermansson; Kristóf Surányi; [2024]
   Keywords : Fertility decisions; Housing prices; Switzerland; Wealth effect; Cost effect;

   Abstract : The following paper was carried out to investigate the effect of changes in housing prices and rents on fertility decisions. More specifically, by observing owners and renters of housing in Switzerland during 1999-2019. READ MORE

3. 2. A Radical Restructuring of Development Aid : From Liberal Justice to “From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs” Assessing the Failures of Development Aid and Providing A New Normative Alternative

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Holm; [2024]
   Keywords : Development Aid; Political theory; Justice; Rawls; Anarchism; Communism;

   Abstract : In this paper I will argue for the need for a change of norms in the global governance system in regards to development aid. I argue that liberal norms of justice and distribution of wealth have a negative effect on development aid practices. This study is a normative political theory and the material researched is relevant literature sources. READ MORE

4. 3. Tax Policies and Housing Prices: An Empirical Analysis

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Philip Eriksson; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Housing prices; Wealth tax; Property tax; Difference-in-Difference;

   Abstract : This thesis evaluates the effect on housing prices from the abolished wealth tax in 2007 and the property tax reform from 2008. This is done using a municipality-level panel dataset, covering all municipalities within Sweden from 2005-2010. READ MORE

5. 4. THE URBAN-RURAL VOTING DIVIDE IN SWEDEN: A Quantitative Analysis

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jack Andersson Stridh; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This essay seeks to analyze urban-rural differences in voting behavior in Sweden by measuring urban-rural differences in social attitudes around gender and immigration, and urban-rural differences in party choice. Previous studies have found that demographic and economic differences between regions explain a large part of the urban-rural voting gap, but a significant part still remains unexplained. READ MORE

6. 5. Getting Wealthier and Healthier? Evidence From the Spanish Christmas Lottery

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Marcus Rundström; [2023]
   Keywords : Health; Birth weight; Wealth; Lottery; Difference-in-Difference; Causal; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper uses the Spanish Christmas Lottery to provide new evidence about the relationship between wealth and health for adults and infants. Using a difference-in-difference design across provinces and time, I explore how overall health status, hospitalization rates, neonatal health, and alcohol consumption are affected by lottery outcomes. READ MORE