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    Försörjningsbördan - tillväxtens stora utmaning? En paneldataanlys över världens länder
    (2019-07-12) Hellqvist, Linn; Jonsson, Oliva; University of Gothenburg/Department of Economics; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik
    This paper aims to investigate the relationship between economic growth and age dependency, divided into old and young, and include general government final consumption expenditure as an important control variable. Earlier research has mainly looked at specific countries or regions when conducting their analysis. By looking at all different countries in the world this paper differentiates itself slightly from previous papers and the result suggests that there is a significant relationship when it comes to youth age dependency ratio. Additionally, there is some awareness put on China and Japan in this paper for concretising reasons. Firstly, when it comes to young age dependency, this paper finds a significant negative relationship in the short-term and in the medium-term. The main joint reasons for these results, according to previous research, seem to be lower labour participation rates, less consumption and fewer investments. In turn, this might lead to lower economic growth. Secondly, old age dependency is not significant when looking at both time periods. Previous research predicts that this is going to be an issue for countries in the near future.
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    Navigating the Happiness Economics Landscape: Mapping the Influences on Life Satisfaction and Possible Interventions
    (2023-06-29) Bivolaku, Klendeta; Hellqvist, Linn; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
    This study explores factors that influence subjective well-being in low- and middle-income countries by analysing unique individual- and country-level data. The study focuses on several unexplored determinants including personality traits, economic shocks and cultural differences. UtilisingWorld Bank’s STEP household survey and WVS we find that extraversion, agreeableness and emotional stability are positively associated with well-being. Both conscientiousness and decision-making are shown to be negatively correlated with well-being. Furthermore, we find that women’s subjective well-being is more negatively pronounced by increased conscientiousness compared to men, and the same relationship holds for grit. Additionally, we find that children experiencing economic shocks show a lower level of well-being later in life. From a policy perspective, we find a positive and significant relationship between access to health insurance and well-being. Indicating that having access to health insurance contributes to a, on average, higher level of subjective well-being. These findings can be of use to future policymakers but should also be further researched with the aim of causality.