Sökning: "income inequality and education"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 59 uppsatser innehållade orden income inequality and education.

1. 1. How do Social Enterprises transform Education Inequality in Developing Countries?

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Författare :Marko Golac; [2023-07-19]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Education inequality continues to be a barrier to social progress and reinforces the cycle of poverty. That is best visible in developing countries- where resources dedicated to education are not optimal and traditional approaches to reduce education inequality have proven to be ineffective, if there are any at all, due to resource limitations, bureaucratic barriers, and systemic complexities. LÄS MER

3. 2. University tuition fees’ effect on future outcomes : A study on the correlation between higher education costs and income distribution

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Författare :Nicol Nowicka; [2023]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : This paper focuses on studying whether a tuition fee for obtaining higher education affects the wage distribution in the United Kingdom. The hypothesis builds on theoretical framework that the higher cost of obtaining education leads to a higher pay for workers with college diploma, which in turn widens the gap between wages with different schooling levels and increases the inequality in the country. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Perception of Socio-Demographic Risk Factors in Residential Fires

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

   Författare :Emilia Wretman; Rebecca Wigervall; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Socio-demographic factors; social; factors; residential; fatal fires; inequality; perception; Technology and Engineering;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis, it is investigated how the general public and fire safety experts perceive the fire fatality risk of different socio-demographic factors in residential settings. Their perceptions were compared with how the socio-demographic factors correlate with the risk of fatal fires in residents in reality. LÄS MER

5. 4. Something in the Air: Fetal air pollution exposure and long-run labour outcomes: Evidence from Germany.

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Johanna Lidman; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Fetal origins hypothesis; Air pollution; Avoidance behavior; Human capital; Sibling comparisons; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines the long-run impact of air pollution exposure at the month of birth and during pregnancy on labour outcomes in Germany. I match air pollution levels on a federal-state level to a longitudinal survey sample on individuals born in Germany. LÄS MER

7. 5. A Tale of Two Sets of Opportunities. An exploration of Inequality of Opportunity among natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Irem Ucan; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Inequality of Opportunity; normative economics; Shapley decomposition; second-generation immigrants; income inequality; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This paper examines the extent of income inequality that is attributed inherited circumstances such as social and family background, denoted as Inequality of Opportunity or IOp, for natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity captures the between-type inequality, when individuals are grouped into types based on these predetermined circumstances, which involves parametrically estimating the average outcome of each type and comparing these averages between types. LÄS MER