Sökning: "human capital development accumulation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 uppsatser innehållade orden human capital development accumulation.

1. 1. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Linnea Karlsson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Unconditional cash transfers; needs-based cash grants; welfare targeting; human capital development accumulation; skill formation technology; regression kink design;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. LÄS MER

3. 2. God, homeland, and those who had the right to neither: An overview of private property laws and human capital accumulation during dictatorial colonial rule in Angola

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Mariana Martins Cardoso; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Human Capital is deemed as an imperative factor for economic growth, however, it is argued the extent of this interrelation. Acemoglu, Gallego and Robinson (2014) claim that the institutional framework of a nation, in specificthose of private property are deemed as pivotal for a nation’s development. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Swedish Dream – appropriation of nature at the timber frontier in ‘Swedish America’, Norrland, 1850-1900

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Författare :Anton Blanck; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Keywords: socio-ecological transformations; modernity; human-nature relations; Sweden; environmental history; capitalist transitions; steam-power; historical natures; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis provides a historiographical account of the multiple socio-ecological transformations that occurred in Västernorrland, Sweden, during the second half of the 19th century. By engaging with ecological Marxist thinking, such as the world-ecology framework proposed by Jason W. LÄS MER

5. 4. Testing the long-term sustainable development of a Central American country: The Genuine Savings of Costa Rica between 1890 and 2015

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Aurélie Pollak; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Genuine Savings; Weak Sustainability; Natural Capital; Development; Costa Rica; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to test the sustainable development of Costa Rica between 1890 and 2015 based on Genuine Savings. The Genuine Savings estimations are composed of indicators on fixed capital, natural capital, and human capital. LÄS MER

7. 5. Ethnic Tension and Economic Development : An Econometric Panel Data Study of Ethnic Tensions Impact on Economic Development in African Countries

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Författare :Annacarin Karlsson; Lovisa Talp; [2017]
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   Sammanfattning : A high level of ethnic diversity characterizes the African continent and several countries have struggled with tensions between ethnic groups. Research has explained Africa’s history of slow economic growth as a result of ethnic diversity but few have investigated the impact of ethnic tensions on economic development. LÄS MER