Sökning: "absolute-income hypothesis"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden absolute-income hypothesis.

  1. 1. Sambandet mellan individers självskattade hälsa, socioekonomiska status och sociala kontext : En studie över individer med definierad ryggsjukdom

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Författare :Lina Gruneau; Mathilda Sjödin; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Socioeconomic differences in health; Social context; Grossman model; Absolute income; Relative income; Income inequality; Socioekonomiska skillnader i hälsa; Social kontext; Grossman-modellen; Absolutinkomst; Relativinkomst; Inkomstskillnader;

    Sammanfattning : I denna studie har vi med ett kvantitativt tillvägagångsätt analyserat hur den självskattade hälsan hos en sjukdomspopulation förhåller sig till socioekonomiska faktorer, social kontext och de tre inkomsthypoteserna. De tre inkomsthypoteserna avser absolutinkomsthypotesen, relativinkomsthypotesen och inkomstskillnadshypotesen. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Health, Income and Local Comparisons: a Study of the Relative Income Hypothesis in South Africa

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :David Wästlund; Niklas Wallin Bernhardsson; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Relative Income Hypothesis; Self-Assessed Health; Absolute Income Hypothesis; South African Health; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates the relationship between income and health of individuals in South Africa. In particular it tests whether the relative, rather than just the absolute, income of the individual plays a significant part in determining health outcomes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Income, Relative Income and Income Inequality in Australia- What is the Effect on Individual Health?

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Josefine Redig; [2014]
    Nyckelord :HILDA; absolute-income hypothesis; relative-income hypothesis; income-inequality hypothesis; health; fixed effects; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis evaluates the evidence for the absolute-income hypothesis (AIH), relative-income hypothesis (RIH) and income-inequality hypothesis (IIH) in Australia using individual level panel data from the first 11 waves of The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey under General Release 11. The analysis is performed with an individual fixed effects estimation and the internal validity of the results is addressed in a sensitivity analysis. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Inequality in Health

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Fredrik Hansson; [2013]
    Nyckelord :income inequality; subjective health; relative income hypothesis; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : There is a strong consensus in the academic literature over the historical importance of economic growth for improvements in overall health quality, but stagnating increases in life expectancy in high-income countries seems to point towards a diminishing correlation between economic growth and health. A theory that has gained popularity in recent years is that a decreasing importance of absolute income levels as a determinant for people’s health has been accompanied by an increasing importance of relative income. LÄS MER