Sökning: "racial inequality"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden racial inequality.
1. Fairness, Reciprocity and Inequality: Experimental evidence from South Africa
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of six papers, related to artifactual field experiments, conducted in South Africa. The main focus of the thesis is the effect of different forms of heterogeneity on cooperation and punishment within groups. LÄS MER
2. Economic perspectives on the obesity epidemic
Sammanfattning : This thesis takes its starting point in the large spread and rise in obesity prevalence that have been observed around the world, making obesity an increasing public health concern. The thesis consists of an introductory chapter, which justifies the study of obesity from economic perspectives and puts the subsequent studies in context, and four studies that address obesity from different economic perspectives. LÄS MER
3. Grass-roots reconciliation in South Africa
Sammanfattning : Reconciliation between the parties in the aftermath of a violent conflict increases the possibility for sustainable peace. The aim of this thesis is to study reconciliation in South Africa with a focus on factors that facilitate or hamper reconciliation between black and white South Africans at grass-roots level. LÄS MER
4. Ethno-Politics : The Consequences of Ethnic Discrimination for Latino Ethnic Identity Orientation and Ethno-Mobilization
Sammanfattning : This compilation thesis is a study of Latino migrants and Latino minority members, mainly in USA, and also in Sweden. The three theoretical and the two empirical studies cover a long period and are grounded in ethnicity as an established study field. LÄS MER
5. The Economics of Coercive Institutions, Conflict, and Development
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a compilation of three papers that put together my research interests on the effects of institutions on development outcomes with inequality as the connecting thread. The first chapter concerns racial inequality. LÄS MER