Search for dissertations about: "thesis on urban development and informal sector"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on urban development and informal sector.

2. 1. Informal livelihoods: Womens´biographies and reflections about everyday life : A time-geographic analysis in urban Colombia

   Author : Åsa Westermark; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; time geography; diaries; biographies; livelihood; women; development; empowerment; gender; informal sector; Bogota; Colombia; Latin America;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the everyday life conditions of low-income women who work mainly in the informal sector in Bogota, Colombia. The work has its point of departure in an analysis of the complex daily lives of two women over an extended time period and from the perspective of the individual. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Industrial Development and Political Economy of Africa

   Author : Eyerusalem G. Siba; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agglomeration economies; African manufacturing; Credit constraints; Darfur; Ethiopia; Ethnic cleansing; Growth; Informal sector; New firms; Poverty trap; Prices; Productivity; Resource struggle; Returns to capital; Survival; Skills.;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Returns to Capital and Informality. We study the pattern of returns to capital in the formal and informal manufacturing sectors in Ethiopia. We use a rich panel dataset of manufacturing firms in the formal sector for the period 1996-2006 and two rounds of repeated cross-sectional data of the urban informal sector firms. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Public Policy in the Informal Sector Context

   Author : Carolin Sjöholm; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; community-based health insurance; adverse selection; price sensitivity; female self-employment; childcare; microenterprises; daycare program; healthcare quality; structural inputs; process quality; Rwanda;

   Abstract : The Price Sensitivity of the Demand for Health Insurance – Evidence from the Community Health Insurance Scheme in Rwanda This study estimates the price elasticity of the demand for health insurance, exploiting the variation in insurance premiums created by the implementation of a new premium subsidy scheme for community-based health insurance in Rwanda. The subsidy scheme created variation in insurance premiums across households, over time. READ MORE

6. 4. Environmental Integration in Sustainable Urban Planning from an Institutional Perspective : A Study of Swedish and Chinese Eco-City Development

   Author : Ying Yin; Maria Håkansson; Amy Rader Olsson; Per G. Berg; KTH; []
   Keywords : Environmental Integration; Sustainable Urban Planning; Institutional Condition; Eco-Cities; Sweden; China; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : The continuously rising attention to and practice of eco-city development in Sweden and China, as well as the countries’ active cooperation has motivated this study and the exploration of eco-city development in these two countries. In eco-city development, diverse environmental issues may well be beyond the planning sector’s capacity and need to be resolved elsewhere by other authorities and agencies in such areas as energy, water and traffic. READ MORE

7. 5. Empirical Essays in Labor and Development Economics

   Author : Wei Si; Andreas Madestam; Peter Fredriksson; Anna Sjögren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peer Effect; Knowledge Spillover; Cognitive Distance; Research Productivity; Public Health Insurance; Labor Supply; Job Mobility; Informality; Labor Market; Higher Education Expansion; Gender Norms; Gender Equality; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained empirical essays in labor and development economics.Diverse Expertise, Peer Effects, and Research Productivity: Does diversity in idea space matter? We empirically explore whether the cognitive distance between collaborators affects peer effects and productivity in creating knowledge. READ MORE