Sökning: "Easterlin"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 uppsatser innehållade ordet Easterlin.

  1. 1. Economic determinants of OECD fertility rates : Evidence of the Easterlin hypothesis

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Författare :Nils Gyllow; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The Easterlin hypothesis of relative cohort sizes has previously been used to explain changes in the fertility rate in the mid-20th century. The hypothesis states that a small relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort increases the fertility rate, and a large relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort decreases the fertility rate. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Negative Externality of Peer Group Income: Evidence from Three Developed Economies

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Jón Sjúrður Pálsson Arge; [2021]
    Nyckelord :happiness economics; social comparison; peer group income; Easterlin Paradox; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This paper examines the effect of peer group household income on happiness in three developed economies: the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, where we define peer groups by age, gender, and education. Using the most recent panel waves from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the European Social Survey (ESS), we find comparable results from all three countries, namely a negative coefficient of peer group household income that is statistically not different in absolute magnitude from the coefficient of the respondent’s own household income. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Is it wrong to assume economic growth promotes well-being in society?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Författare :John Norell; Anh Phung Duc; [2018-07-05]
    Nyckelord :Easterlin paradox; Subjective well-being; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Economic growth; Income inequality; Panel data; European Social Survey;

    Sammanfattning : Economic growth has for long been implicitly assumed to promote well-being in society, but lately scholars in the field of happiness research have raised critique towards this assumption. This paper investigate the relationship between economic growth and subjective well-being (SWB) in society, a topic that have risen in popularity over recent decades. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Economic Development and Subjective Well-Being : Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox.

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Författare :William Sihver; Aso Qader; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Economic development; subjective well-being; gross domestic product; the Easterlin Paradox; time series regression;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis within Industrial Economics and Applied Mathematics investigates the relationship between economic development and subjective well-being. The Easterlin Paradox, originally stated by Richard Easterlin in 1974, is reassessed by utilizing cross-sectional and time series data. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Barnkullar och arbetslöshet - Stora barnkullar och möjligheter på arbetsmarknaden

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Izabélle Adelswärd; [2015-03-13]
    Nyckelord :cohort; youth unemployment; Easterlin; baby boom; informal sector; kohort; ungdomsarbetslöshet; arbetslöshet; barnkullar; svartarbete;

    Sammanfattning : Youth unemployment in Europe is a big problem today. The number of unemployed young people has risen past decades, from 10 % in1980 to over 20 % 2010. The purpose with this thesis is to deal with big cohorts and unemployment rate for young people 20-24 years old in Sweden. LÄS MER