Sökning: "Economic incentives"

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  1. 41. Electoral Incentives and Information Content in Macroeconomic Forecasts

    Författare :André Reslow; Mikael Carlsson; Jesper Lindé; Gisle James Natvik; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Brexit; Electoral Cycles; Forecast Evaluation; Forecasting; Imperfect Information; Interest Groups; Political Selection; Voting; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I (with Davide Cipullo): This essay introduces macroeconomic forecasters as new political agents and suggests that they use their forecasts to influence voting outcomes. The essay develops a probabilistic voting model in which voters do not have complete information about the future economy and rely on professional forecasters when forming beliefs. LÄS MER

  3. 42. Incentives and Inequalities in Family and Working Life

    Författare :Aino-Maija Aalto; Helena Svaleryd; Oskar Nordström Skans; Mårten Palme; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Career Choices; Role Models; STEM; Childcare; Child Health; Unemployment; Quasi-Experiment; Parental Leave Reform; Labour Market Participation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: Same-gender teachers may affect educational preferences by acting as role models for their students. I study the importance of the gender composition of teachers in math and science during lower secondary school on the likelihood to continue in math-intensive tracks in the next levels of education. LÄS MER

  4. 43. From Welfare to Work : Financial Incentives, Active Labor Market Policies, and Integration Programs

    Författare :Lillit Ottosson; Eva Mörk; Anna Sjögren; Ulrika Vikman; Alexander Willén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social assistance; Welfare; Labor supply; Public sector employment programs; Cost-shifting; Dynamic inverse probability weighting; Refugees; Integration; Active labor market policies; Language support; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: I study the effects of increased social assistance (SA) generosity by exploiting exogenous variation induced by a ruling in the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court in 1993, mandating local governments to provide a minimum level of untied SA payments. The new rule forced some local governments to increase their SA generosity, while others were unaffected as they already complied with the stricter standards. LÄS MER

  5. 44. Konvertering av direkteluppvärmda flerbostadsområden-Beslutsunderlag och drivkrafter

    Författare :Magnus Stjerndahl; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; weighting methods; residential buildings; energy efficiency; environmental assessment; direct-acting electric heating; incentives; heat supply; heating systems; life cycle cost LCC ; life cycle assessment LCA ; decision making;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish society is interested in reducing the use of electricity and especially electricity for heating purposes. For this purpose governmental subsidies have been introduced to support a change from electric heating to other types of heat supply systems. Owners of single and multifamily buildings can apply for the investment subsidy. LÄS MER

  7. 45. Decentralizing hydraulic society : Actor responses to institutional arrangements in Vietnam

    Författare :Thi Bich Ngoc Pham; Hans Holmén; Magnus Jirström; Christer Gunnarsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; actors; autonomy; incentives; institutional arrangements; irrigation management; participation; power relations; Vietnam; Aktörer; ansvar; delaktighet; decentralisering; incitament; institutionella arrangemang; konstbevattning; maktrelationer; självständighet; Vietnam;

    Sammanfattning : Irrigation decentralization has been launched worldwide with high expectations of improved governance, efficiency, and productivity through  democratic processes. However, there is widespread recognition that decentralization is, in reality, unlikely to bring about these positive outcomes. LÄS MER