Search for dissertations about: "inequality"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 469 swedish dissertations containing the word inequality.

2. 16. Essays on Economic Growth, Inflation and Inequality

   Author : Markus Kondziella; Timo Boppart; Per Krusell; Joshua Weiss; Carolina Villegas-Sanchez; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Growth; Inflation; Inequality; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Recent changes in firm dynamics and the nature of economic growthIn line with the US economy, market concentration and dispersion of revenue productivity within industries increased in Sweden from 1997-2017. I document a novel finding in administrative data that provides important insights about the trends: firm size and revenue productivity growth accelerated starting in the 1990s. READ MORE

4. 17. Globalization, Gender Inequality, and Firm Innovation

   Author : Olga Lark; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign ownership; internationalization; export; contract intensity; interpersonal contacts; gender inequality; gender wage gap; gender norms; gender inequality index; customer discrimination; import competition; innovation; patents; ; manufacturing capabilities;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises four self-contained papers that rely on applied micro-econometric methods to understand which factors are important in shaping the gender wage gap in globalized firms and how firms innovate when exposed to trade-induced shocks. In the first paper, we study how the within-firm gender wage gap in Sweden is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors. READ MORE

5. 18. Institutions and Inequality

   Author : Ann-Sofie Isaksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutions; social divisions; parameter heterogeneity; redistribution preferences; fairness;

   Abstract : The paper “Social divisions and institutions: Considering cross-country institutional parameter heterogeneity” investigates the hypothesis that the association between property rights institutions and economic performance is weaker in countries with high social divisions, as measured in terms of ethnic fractionalisation and income inequality. The results of the empirical estimations support this hypothesis and indicate that it could have some relevance for explaining identified regional variation in the institutional parameter. READ MORE

6. 19. Essays on Income Risk and Inequality

   Author : Karl Harmenberg; Per Krusell; Fatih Guvenen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; income risk; income inequality; consumption; durable goods; cyclical skewness; top-income inequality; gender gap; glass ceiling; assortative mating; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Consumption Dynamics under Time-Varying Unemployment Risk We study the response of households' demand for durable goods to fluctuations in unemployment risk. First, using survey data, we document that household durable expenditures react strongly to unemployment risk, while the effect on nondurable expenditures is indistinguishable from zero. READ MORE

7. 20. Some New Contributions in the Theory of Hardy Type Inequalities

   Author : Markos Fisseha Yimer; Sorina Barza; Lars-Erik Persson; Martin Lind; Liviu-Gabriel Marcoci; Lubos Pick; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; integral inequalities; Hardy-type inequalities; Pólya-Knopp’s inequality; Jensen’s inequality; Minkowski’s inequality; Beckenbach-Dresher’s inequality; sharp constants; measures; superquadratic functions; refinements; Banach function spaces; Matematik; Mathematics;

   Abstract : In this thesis we derive various generalizations and refinements of some classical inequalities in different function spaces. We consider some of the most important inequalities namely the Hardy, Pólya-Knopp, Jensen, Minkowski and Beckenbach-Dresher inequalities. The main focus is put on the Hardy and their limit Pólya-Knopp inequalities. READ MORE