Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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Students' saving behavior: Does the field of study influence students' financial saving behavior?
(2017-07-03)In this thesis, we use an online survey, distributed on social media, to analyze the saving behavior of university students in Sweden. We test the importance of students’ fields of study, which is used as a proxy to future ... -
Income recovery in urban and rural areas in Columbia
(2017-07-03)This thesis investigates whether the household income recovery after a negative income shock, caused by a health or death shock, differs between urban and rural areas in Colombia. The hypothesis is that urban areas are ... -
MINIMILÖN OCH TILLFREDSSTÄLLELSE MED ARBETET - Ett kvasi-naturligt experiment i Storbritannien
(2017-06-29)This paper investigates the effects of a minimum wage that was implemented first of April 1999 in the United Kingdom. The national minimum wage act meant in practice that everyone at an age of 22 or older should earn at ... -
Någon som känner en företagare? En studie kring betydelsen av småföretag och sociala nätverk för utrikesfödda på den svenska marknaden
(2017-06-28)Denna kandidatuppsats undersöker orsakerna bakom skillnaden i arbetslöshet mellan inrikes och utrikes födda, en fråga som de senaste åren fått allt mer uppmärksamhet i såväl den politiska som den vetenskapliga debatten. ... -
Migration from outside of the European Union - Labor market outcomes in the Swedish municipalities
(2017-06-28)In the aftermath of recent years unusually large influx of immigrants to Sweden from outside of the European Union, the debate regarding the impact of immigration on the economy and the labor market has intensified. Some ... -
Measuring the impact of the 2009 COP15 Copenhagen Summit - An event study of coal and solar portfolios in the United States of America and China
(2017-06-28)One of the biggest challenges currently facing mankind is tackling the challenge of climate change. To mitigate this, there have been several multilateral conferences, where some steps have been taken. The Copenhagen Summit ... -
Consumers and the Circular Economy - A study of consumer behavior about recycling and reuse of mobile phones
(2017-06-28)The aim of the study was to research consumer behavior concerning past-use and end-of-life WEEE in Sweden, with a particular focus on consumer attitudes towards recycling and reuse of used mobile phones in the context of ... -
COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION - Business-to-consumer sharing and its economic impact on consumers
(2017-06-27)Collaborative consumption, which strives to increase the use of underused goods, has the potential to change the unsustainable trend of consumption while still benefitting consumers economically. Yet, the collaborative ... -
Hur påverkar korruption spädbarnsdödligheten i medelinkomst- & utvecklingsländer? - En empirisk analys
(2017-06-27)Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur offentliga sjukvårdsutgifter och korruption påverkar spädbarnsdödlighet. Sambanden mellan variablerna undersöks med hjälp av OLS (ordinary least squares) regressionsanalyser. ... -
Amorteringskravet - minskad skuldsättning eller högre trösklar för förstagångsköpare?
(2017-06-26)This thesis examines the effect of the amorteringskrav, which is an amortization requirement, on the price of apartments in Gothenburg. More precisely, the purpose is to investigate whether the importance of the monthly ... -
MIDAS and GARCH; A comparison of predictive ability using real world data
(2017-06-26)I compare GARCH and MIDAS one-day-ahead forecasts of volatility using high frequency data from the CRSP U.S. Mega Cap Index. The MIDAS models are estimated using high frequency data sampled at 5, 15 and 30 minute intervals ... -
The relationship between foreign direct investment and socio-economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2017-05-30)This study examines the effect of FDI in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2014. Furthermore, the study investigates the relationship between FDI and the social development, compared to the relationship between ... -
Sustainable Investment: A Win-Win Situation? An Evaluation of Mutual Ethical Equity Funds on the Global Market Using a Five Factor Model
(2017-03-24)This study investigates the performance and investment styles of mutual ethical equity funds on the global market. To examine this, the Fama French Five Factor model is applied by adding the new variables to Fama French ... -
Debt and Health - A Study of Incapacity Rate and Private Debt in Swedish Municipalties
(2017-03-24)Household debt is rising throughout Sweden, and its health effects are poorly understood. This thesis attempts to establish a link between the average private indebtedness and the incapacity rate—a measure of average paid ... -
Price Premium of Organic Food in Sweden
(2017-03-14)Individuals are increasingly demanding pesticide-free and environmentally friendlier options in their grocery shopping. They are, however, well aware that when arriving at the cashier- they are going to have to pay for it. ... -
The Effect of the Financial Crisis of 2008 on Swedish Household Portfolios
(2017-02-28)The aim of this thesis is to examine whether Swedish households have changed the composition of their portfolio as a consequence of the financial crisis and to investigate whether they have become more reluctant to invest ... -
Ökad betalningsvilja för nationellt odlade ekologiska livsmedel - En kvantitativ studie av individers ökade betalningsvilja för ekologiska svenska äpplen & bröd i Västra Götalands län - nationalekonomi
(2017-02-21)Försäljningen av ekologiska livsmedel uppgick till 9 procent av den totala livsmedelsförsäljningen i Sverige under första halvåret 2016. På flera håll är efterfrågan av ekologiska livsmedel större än utbudet för produkter ... -
Female educational enrollment, labor force participation and economics growth - A panel-data study in Europe
(2017-02-17)During the last decades, female engagement in both educational and working activities has rapidly increased in many European countries. Hence, it is of interest to study whether this increase could be of significant ... -
Effekten av negativa prisförändringar - en kvantitativ studie av relationen mellan omsättning och priser på bostadsrätter
(2017-02-13)The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between price and volume on the Swedish housing market for co-operative apartments. In line with what prior studies have found our results show that the correlation ... -
Immigration och andelen förvärvsarbetande - En studie i hur immigration påverkar andelen förvärvsarbetande i Sverige
(2017-02-10)Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka immigrationens påverkan på det Totala åldersspannet förvärvsarbetande och andelen förvärvsarbetande i Arbetsför ålder i Sverige. Tidigare litteratur är kluven beträffande vilken ...