Sökning: "Income gaps"

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1. 1. (Em)powering community energy on Gotland : An exploration of energy justice through a case study of "an island in an island"

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Frida Malin Møberg Mundbjerg; Marie Bredkjær Thomsen; [2023]
   Nyckelord :community energy; energy justice; island identity; local empowerment; energy transition; Gotland; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The energy transition raises concerns about local communities' marginalisation in decision-making and ownership models, leading to justice debates. Community energy (CE) gains attention as a pathway towards energy justice (EJ). Drawing on qualitative data collected on Gotland, we examine how the Austerland CE project delivers EJ. LÄS MER

3. 2. Impediments to the elimination of child labor : A critical review of child labor policies and laws of Liberia

   Master-uppsats, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Författare :Thomas Okodi; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Child Labor; Child Right; Hazardous; Worst Forms of Labor; Protection; minimum age; work; harm;

   Sammanfattning : Child labor is a pressing issue in Liberia, as it is in many other developing countries. Poverty is a significant factor that drives child labor in Liberia, as many families rely on the income generated by their children to survive. LÄS MER

4. 3. Hur påverkar handel inkomstklyftor och fattigdom inom länder?

   Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Författare :August Gudmundsson; Tobias Hector; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Income gaps; income inequality; income dispersion; absolute poverty; trade openness; Inkomstklyftor; inkomstojämlikhet; inkomstfördelning; absolut fattigdom; handelsöppenhet;

   Sammanfattning : In our thesis we seek the answer to if trade openness has an effect on income gaps within countries. Since different trade flows can have different effects based on who the trading partners are, we disaggregate the trade flows based on these criteria. LÄS MER

5. 4. Growth and Resilience Theory: A new way of conceptualising convergence dynamics.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Anthony Smythe; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Economic Development; Growth; Shrinking; Resilience; Convergence; Divergence; Catch-up; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Recent studies have highlighted how building resilience to ‘shrinking’ episodes, as opposed to increasing growth rates, appears to be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to between-country income convergence. All economies seem to be able to grow, but few countries have been able to drastically improve their shrinking patterns, which has underpinned the divergence often argued in literature. LÄS MER

7. 5. Can degrowth policies move the OECD closer to reaching social thresholds within planetary boundaries?

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Kristborg Sóley Þráinsdóttir; [2022]
   Nyckelord :degrowth; safe and just space; social thresholds; planetary boundaries; sustainability science; policy; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : As the environmental and social challenges humanity faces are intertwined, a holistic policy approach is needed to bring operations into the ecologically safe and socially just space (SJS). Degrowth has been presented as a means for high-income countries to reach the SJS. LÄS MER