Sökning: "Infant mortality and Weather"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Infant mortality and Weather.

  1. 1. Markets and marketplaces : Essays on access and transformation in remote rural economies

    Författare :Tillmann von Carnap; Anna Tompsett; Jakob Svensson; Sam Asher; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development economics; economic geography; remote sensing; transport infrastructure; climate change adaptation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Market access and agricultural intensification: Remotely-sensed evidence from Mozambican river crossingsMany believe that high transport costs are a significant constraint to agricultural intensification in rural Africa. Empirical evidence is limited, however, because areas with high agricultural potential may see more infrastructure improvements and data is rarely available at the necessary granularity. LÄS MER

  3. 2. One coin - One vote : the rural political power shift that pushed Sweden towards industrialization

    Författare :Erik Lindgren; Björn Tyrefors; Per Pettersson-Lidbom; Erik Grönqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development; Education; Infrastructure Investment; Railroads; Historical data; Political Institutions; Infant mortality and Weather; Growth; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The Causal Effect of Political Power on the Provision of Public Education: Evidence from a Weighted Voting SystemWe estimate how political power affects the provision of public education in local governments, using data from a nondemocratic society where voters received votes in proportion to their taxable income. This was the system used in Swedish local governments during the period 1862–1909. LÄS MER