Sökning: "durable inequality"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden durable inequality.

  1. 1. Essays on Income Risk and Inequality

    Författare :Karl Harmenberg; Per Krusell; Fatih Guvenen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; income risk; income inequality; consumption; durable goods; cyclical skewness; top-income inequality; gender gap; glass ceiling; assortative mating; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Consumption Dynamics under Time-Varying Unemployment Risk We study the response of households' demand for durable goods to fluctuations in unemployment risk. First, using survey data, we document that household durable expenditures react strongly to unemployment risk, while the effect on nondurable expenditures is indistinguishable from zero. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Navigating Troubled Waters : An analysis of how urban water regimes in the global South reproduce inequality

    Författare :Maryam Nastar; LUCSUS; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Water Access; Inequality; Transition Framework; Urban Water Regimes; World City; Contentious Politics; Hyderabad; India; Johannesburg; South Africa;

    Sammanfattning : This research is an attempt to conceptualize the underlying forces behind persistent and ubiquitous problems of inequality in access to water in cities of the global south. Inequality in water access is hypothesized to result from urban water regimes that tend to prioritize the right to water access or to provide preferential terms of access for some groups in society, while marginalizing others. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Flaskor på löpande band : Arbete och arbetskraftsrekrytering vid Surte glasbruk 1943-1978

    Författare :Gunnel Holmér; Ulla Professor (befordrad); Mikael Docent; Ann-Catrin Östman; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; glass-work; glass-workers; labour immigration; gender division of labour; durable inequality; glasbruk; glasarbetare; arbetskraftsinvandring; könsarbetsdelning; beständig ojämlikhet; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation considers how the transition from craft manufacture to mechanized glass production affected the organization of work and the consequences for the recruitment of labour. Based on gender and ethnicity, the dissertation studies the composition of the workforce, the significance of qualifications, and differences in career paths and length of stay have been investigated at Surte glassworks 1943–1978. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Inklusion en illusion? : Om delaktighet i samhället för vuxna personer med utvecklingsstörning

    Författare :Barbro Blomberg; Lennart Nygren; Jan Tøssebro; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Categorisation citizenship; durable inequality; everyday life; intellectual disability; participation in society; social exclusion inclusion; Social work; Socialt arbete;

    Sammanfattning : The background to this thesis lies in the great changes that have occurred in the disability field during the last threes decades. The purpose of this thesis is to describe, analyze and try to understand how these changes impact on life conditions for adult persons with mild intellectual disabilities. LÄS MER

  7. 5. On Money and Consumption

    Författare :Erik Öberg; Per Krusell; Marco Bassetto; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Price Level Determination When Tax Payments Are Required in Money. We formalize the idea that the price level can be determined by a requirement that taxes be paid in money. LÄS MER