Search for dissertations about: "larger rural sector"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words larger rural sector.

2. 1. The Institutional Root of China's Rural Industry and Gradual Reform

   Author : Xiaolin Pei; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; inter-specific resources; collective benefits; management of common property; township-village governments TVGs ; township-village enterprises TVEs ; rural industry; household responsibility system HRS ; China s gradual transition from plan to market; larger rural sector; the collective land system; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Abstract : China's transition from planned to market economy is at present one of the topics most discussed among researchers. According to almost any version of mainstream property rights theory, the rapid privatization or what has been described as the "East European model" basically represents the correct approach to transformation, while the gradual transition, or the "Chinese model", should represent a recipe for economic disaster. READ MORE

4. 2. Contentious countrysides : social movements reworking and resisting public healthcare restructuring in rural Sweden

   Author : Desirée Enlund; Aina Tollefsen; Madeleine Eriksson; Linda Sandberg; Cindi Katz; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; welfare state retrenchment; public healthcare restructuring; contentious politics; social movements; cooperatives; self-organization; social reproduction; Sweden; rural areas; New Public Management; neoliberalism; välfärdsstaten; sjukvårdens omvandling; motstånd; sociala rörelser; kooperativ; självorganisering; social reproduktion; landsbygd; glesbygd; New Public Management; nyliberalism; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

   Abstract : The broader aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the production and reproduction of spatial inequalities following from the restructuring of the public healthcare system. More specifically, by analyzing the contention around healthcare restructuring related to two cases spanning a longer period in northern Sweden, I aim to investigate the changing conditions for healthcare provision in rural and sparsely populated areas, and I explore the forms of collective action that local people engage in to sustain the access to healthcare, as well as how state authorities’ attitudes towards such collective action have shifted. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Growth, Political Economy and Development

   Author : Abdulaziz B. Shifa; Per Krusell; Jakob Svensson; Kjetil Storesletten; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; human capital transfer; productivity; catch-up; Urban bias; rural poverty; dictatorship; Agricultural growth; manufacturing growth; instrumental variable; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis has three self-contained articles.Economic growth and trade in human capital: A salient empirical pattern in the East Asian “miracle” is a large increase in output and factor accumulation despite  only a modest increase in TFP. I develop and calibrate a model of growth and catch-up to provide a possible explanation. READ MORE

6. 4. Socioeconomic differences in a rural district in Vietnam : effects on health and use of health services

   Author : Nguyen Duy Khe; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Socio-economic status; equity; equality; socioeconomic inequality in health; socioeconomic inequality in health care; Vietnam.;

   Abstract : Background: Differences in health status and health care utilization between socioeconomic groups are evident in low-income and high-income countries. The situation in rural Vietnam is not well known. READ MORE

7. 5. Linkages: economic analysis of agriculture in the wider economy : input-output models and qualitative evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy

   Author : Gunnar Lindberg; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers, each contributing to an understanding of the role of agriculture in the wider economy, with particular emphasis on evaluation of the common agricultural policy (CAP). The first of these papers investigates the economic linkages between agriculture and the wider economy in Sweden. READ MORE