Sökning: "Gini index"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Gini index.

  1. 1. Making Equity in Public Transport Count

    Författare :Isak Rubensson; Yusak Susilo; Oded Cats; Karst Geurs; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Public transport; Subsidies; Fare-schemes; Accessibility; Crowding; transport justice; Equity; Distribution; Gini index; Lorenz curves; Customer satisfaction; Service quality; Preferences; Reliability; Transportsystem; Transport Systems; Transportvetenskap; Transport Science;

    Sammanfattning : Political and public focus on equity and justice outcomes of public policies is on the rise all over the world. Equity is both philosophically motivated and often decreed by law and in planning directives to be monitored when policies are changed, however oftentimes these equity assessments are vague, qualitative and carries low weight in policy decision processes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Time and inequality - A study of individual preferences

    Författare :Hjördis Hardardottir; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Individual preferences; Time preferences; Social preferences; income inequality; Health inequality;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three papers that study individual preferences. The focus of the first two papers is on time preferences. In the third paper, preferences regarding how inequality in health and income should be defined are elicited. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Socioeconomic aspects of unmet healthcare needs and health outcomes - Economic conditions, social capital, unmet healthcare needs, healthcare providers and mortality

    Författare :Christine Lindström; Socialmedicin och hälsopolitik; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social Capital; economic inequalities; socioeconomic status SES ; Unmet healthcare needs; Mortality; Prospective cohort; Social Capital; economic inequalities; socioeconomic status SES ; Unmet healthcare needs; Mortality; Prospective cohort;

    Sammanfattning : Socioeconomic status (SES) differences in health are well known. Both material and psychosocial hypotheses regarding these SES differences have been forwarded. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The impact of social security compensation inequality on earnings distribution due to sickness and disability

    Författare :Jahangir Khan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Compensations; earnings; gender; macroeconomic condition; inequality redistribution; sickness and disability insurance; social security regulations; typology.;

    Sammanfattning : One of the main purposes of social security systems is to compensate for loss of earnings during periods of sickness and disability. Of interest is therefore the extent to which such compensation reduces earnings inequality. The aim of the thesis is two-fold. LÄS MER