Sökning: "social differentials"

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1. 6. Essays in Labor Economics and Consumer Behavior

   Författare :Marta Lachowska; Eskil Wadensjö; Michael Svarer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Expenditure; Wage Formation; Outside Options; Hours of Work; Wage Differentials; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three essays on labor economics and consumption behavior. “Consumption and Information: A Study of Consumer Behavior using Daily Data” studies the joint dynamics of information and consumption using data on a daily frequency. LÄS MER

3. 7. Essays on non-competitive wage differentials

   Författare :Mahmood Arai; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

4. 8. Labor Markets in Transformation: Case Studies of Latin America

   Författare :Erik Jonasson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural non-agricultural employment; economic geography; farm household model; earnings differentials; informal employment; social norms; government effectiveness; Latin America; Brazil; Peru;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation contains three independent studies that analyze labor markets in transformation. They focus on two central elements of labor markets in developing countries: non-agricultural employment in the rural economy and informal employment in the urban economy. LÄS MER

5. 9. On Food Price Implications from Expanded Bioenergy Production

   Författare :David Bryngelsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; food price effects; Sub-Saharan Africa; partial equilibrium model; bioenergy; staple crops; land use competition; household survey;

   Sammanfattning : Bioenergy has been put forward as a solution to energy security and at the same time to climate change. It is, however, dependent on productive agricultural land, which is a limited resource. LÄS MER

7. 10. Land-use competition and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in a climate change mitigation perspective

   Författare :David Bryngelsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bioenergy; Diets; Livestock; Integrated assessment model; Land use competition; GHG emissions; Partial equilibrium model; Mitigation; Food consumption; Climate change;

   Sammanfattning : Productive land for food production, bioenergy, or preservation of nature is a limited resource. Climate change mitigation puts additional pressure on land via higher demand for bioenergy to replace fossil fuels and via restrictions on deforestation—two processes that limit the availability of land for food produc- tion, and may thus also raise food prices. LÄS MER