Sökning: "income-inequality hypothesis"
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1. SELF-INTEREST OR SOLIDARITY? An examination of rising income inequality’s effect on attitudes toward welfare spending among high- income earners in Sweden
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : With rising inequality all over the world and simultaneous concern about the economic viability of the welfare state model, research has paid increasing attention to how economic inequality affects public opinion towards welfare policy in developed welfare states. Where earlier results and cross-country comparisons have given contradictory results of this relationship, this paper looks at how attitudes toward welfare spending generosity among income groups in Sweden have developed since 1996 in the context of rising income inequality. LÄS MER
2. Access to Green Spaces and Equitable Economic Growth - The impact of Copenhagen’s green infrastructure on socio-economic mobility
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenSammanfattning : The aim of Copenhagen municipality to attract socio-economically strong residents with its green infrastructure strategy inspired the analysis which aimed to assess whether improving access green areas in the city has had any impact on socio-economic mobility of its residents. Additionally, the concerns of potential displacement of socio-economically weaker residents warranted consideration of how income inequality affects the impact of access to green spaces. LÄS MER
3. Does post-industrialized countries face a second Kuznets curve with the IT revolution?
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenSammanfattning : Abstracts Does post-industrialized countries face a second Kuznets curve with the IT revolution? By: Rickard Sandqvist, Supervisor: Ulf Jansson, Urban and regional planning, advanced level, Master thesis for master exam in Urban and regional planning, 30 ECTS credits, Language: English, Key words: recent income inequality trends, the creative class, kuznets hypothesis and theories of income inequality, income inequality with the IT revolution in post-industrialized countries, SURE estimation, OLS estimation, income inequality measures. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the development of income inequality for countries that have longer time series available. LÄS MER
4. Similar is not equal in happiness : A cross country comparison of national-level economic variables and their effect on average happiness
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleSammanfattning : Happiness is a well-researched and complex field of science. The complexity creates results that are diverse from study to study. Macro-economic variables such as income inequality, inflation and unemployment are frequently occurring. LÄS MER
5. Governance and income inequality : A panel data analysis on the relationship between the quality of government and the Gini index
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This study investigates the relationship between quality of government and incomeinequality. The purpose of this study is to understand how differences in quality ofgovernment across states affect their income inequalities. LÄS MER
