Search for dissertations about: "Liquidity constraints"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Liquidity constraints.

2. 1. Self-employment Entry and Survival : Evidence from Sweden

   Author : Jenny Nykvist; Henry Ohlsson; Eva Mörk; David Blanchflower; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-employment; entrepreneurship; liquidity constraints; wealth; displacement; plant closure; survival; success; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1: Hurst and Lusardi (2004) use higher-order polynomials in wealth in estimating the relationship with entrepreneurship. They find evidence conflicting with the existence of extensive liquidity constraints in the United States. In this paper, their approach is replicated on Swedish data. READ MORE

4. 2. From Cradle to Grave : Empirical Essays on Health and Economic Outcomes

   Author : Elvira Andersson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; health; mental health; human capital; children; visual impairment; earnings; employment; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; sickness absence; day care; mortality; consumption; liquidity constraints; permanent income hypothesis; health; mental health; children; visual impairment; employment; earnings; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; day care; sickness absence; mortality; liquidity constraints; consumption; permanent income hypothesis;

   Abstract : This thesis contains four independent research papers, which investigate the causal relations between several aspects of health and economic outcomes at different stages of the life course. The first paper investigates the causal effects of maternal deprivation and maltreatment during various periods of childhood on adolescent health and human capital. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Poverty, Risk and Consumption Dynamics in Ethiopia

   Author : Abebe Shimeles; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ethiopia; poverty; income distribution; policy simulations; poverty spells; vulnerability; chronic poverty; consumption risk; transitory shocks; liquidity constraints; poverty traps.;

   Abstract : Paper 1. This paper analysed the state of poverty and income distribution in rural and urban Ethiopia during 1994-2000. Poverty declined from 1994 to 1997, and then increased to 2000. READ MORE

6. 4. Studies on the Determinants and Effects of Health, Inequality and Labour Supply: Micro and Macro Evidence

   Author : Ruth-Aïda Nahum; Thomas Lindh; Per-Anders Edin; Mårten Palme; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Economics; baby boom; child health; cohort effects; earnings profiles; income inequality; labour supply; liquidity constraint; panel data; psychosocial health; regional economic growth; sickness absence; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Susanne Dahlberg) estimates cohort size effects on earnings profiles and further assesses whether these profiles are affected by the individuals' position in the baby boom. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Field Experiments and Impact Evaluation

   Author : Remidius Denis Ruhinduka; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adaptation to climate change; ambiguity; artefactual field experiment; behavioraleconomics; charcoal; credit; deforestation; endogenous switching regression; field experiment; guilt; honesty; impact evaluation; kindness; liquidity constraint; LPG stoves; rice marketing; risk preferences; system of rice intensification; Tanzania; time preferences;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Improving Welfare Through Climate-Friendly Agriculture: The Case of the System of Rice Intensification We use rich survey data to investigate the economic impact of a climate-friendly rice farming method known as the system of rice intensification (SRI) on the welfare of rain-dependent small-holder farmers in Tanzania. SRI reduces water consumption by half, which makes it a promising farming system in the adaptation to climate change in moisture constrained areas, and it does not require flooding of rice fields, resulting in reduced methane emissions. READ MORE