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Sysselsättningsgapet i Västra Götalandsregionen
(2019-02-15)
Sveriges höga välfärd baseras på att en stor andel av befolkningen förvärvsarbetar. För att bibehålla den höga välfärden även i framtiden behöver sysselsättningen ligga på samma nivå som idag. Eftersom en större del av ...
Faktorer som får elever att uppnå betyget godkänt i årskurs 9
(2019-08-20)
The results of Swedish school students graduating from 9th grade have been declining since the beginning of the 21th century. This have been shown repeatedly in both studies from PISA and TIMSS, which both test the abilities ...
Försörjningsbördan - tillväxtens stora utmaning? En paneldataanlys över världens länder
(2019-07-12)
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 ...
On optimal tax rates and shifts in the peak of the Laffer curve - An empirical study of Swedish municipalities during the years from 2000 to 2017.
(2019-07-12)
This report presents an empirical study of the average Laffer curve of Swedish municipalities, with a focus on determining whether the position of the peak of the curve has shifted or, put differently, whether the optimal ...
A CURRENCY UNION’S EFFECT ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE - EMU membership effect on international trade for Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta and Slovakia
(2019-02-15)
This thesis investigates if there is an increase in international trade from joining a currency union. This is done by looking at the European Monetary Union with a focus on four countries that became members in 2007-2009: ...
Utbildning och ekonomisk tillväxt i Sub-Sahara
(2019-07-11)
e purpose of our paper is to examine the connection between higher education and economic development measured in terms of GDP and GDP per capita. We have used regression analysis in our study to see any relationship between ...
Idealisk demokrati - genväg eller omväg till ekonomisk tillväxt?
(2019-04-23)
This paper is a cross-national panel study on the linkages between economic growth and democracy. The main purpose of this study is to analyze whether there is a significant difference in how different types of democracies ...
Gini-koefficienten och stödet för högerradikala Partier - En kvantitativ studie i hur sannolikheten för att rösta på högerradikala partier påverkas av förändringar i Gini koefficienten
(2019-08-26)
This essay is a study on how changes in income inequality affects individuals’ probability of voting for radical right-wing parties in European countries. To do this, we use the Gini-coefficient as the sole indicator of ...
Immigration, education and employment - Does education affect assimilation of migrants in the labor market?
(2019-07-11)
The aim of this paper is to analyze how the level of education affects the probability of being employed for immigrants in the United States (U.S.) during the period 2000-2017. To be able to estimate the effect of education, ...
Employment effects of an increase in sugar tax
(2019-02-15)
This paper examined the changes in employment in industries with close ties to sugary products sales following an increase in sugar tax in Norway in January 2018. Using the data from Statistics Norway and having removed ...