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Browse by Specialisation "International Economics & Development"
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(2018-08-31)Master EconomicsMutual credit systems (MCSs), a type of complementary currency, are thought to have a countercyclical function by providing additional credit in times of recession. Past research has also focused on trust and social values ... -
(2020-08-21)Master EconomicsThe aim of this paper is to show the assumed positive relationships between agricultural innovation, average education years, democracy, and institutional quality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Agricultural innovation is ...
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(2020-08-27)Master EconomicsChina’s emergence as a development financier presents renewed opportunity to study the impact of investment in infrastructure on global poverty and inequality. With a preference for investing in connective infrastructure ...
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(2018-12-18)Master EconomicsThis study investigated the relationship between economic crisis and democracy in sub-Saharan Africa on the individual level. This research is based on the theory of Acemoglu and Robinson, which argues that when opportunity ...
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(2017-08-17)Master EconomicsThis thesis empirically examines the pattern of Conspicuous Consumption in sub-Saharan Africa. With household data sets from Malawi, Ethiopia and Nigeria, multilevel regressions were conducted to assess the effect of ...
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(2019-08-23)Master EconomicsWithin the existing literature on corruption and economic growth, there are two contrasting viewpoints. On one side, there are scholars arguing that corruption is a heavy constraint on economic growth, especially in ...
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(2020-08-31)Master EconomicsThis paper examines the determinants of birth registration in developing countries using multilevel logistic models with data on 567407 children, 753 sub-national regions, and 34 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the ...
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Demographic transition and material welfare of households: Evidence from South and South-East Asia (2020-08-31)Master EconomicsThe present study aims to investigate the demographic effects of the age structure transition on the material welfare of households in South and South-East Asia. In the midst of a substantial demographic transition with ...
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(2020-08-31)Master EconomicsThe progress of poverty reduction in Vietnam determined by regions and the education level of the household members. During 2006-2014, the spillover of the poverty reduction polices in Vietnam was transmitted through ...
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(2021-07-12)Master EconomicsThis study investigates the relationship between childhood vaccination and household wealth as well as various other socio-economic indicators in sub-Saharan Africa. Compared to other regions worldwide, sub-Saharan Africa ...
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(2017-08-28)Master EconomicsThis paper examines the effects of four determinants of innovation (profit, export, foreign-ownership and inter-firm cooperation) on small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) in South Korea. It also discusses the different ...
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(2018-08-27)Master EconomicsAbout 40 percent of children in Sub Saharan Africa is stunted and a large number of studies has found that boys are more likely to be stunted than girls. This study aims to investigate the determinants of this sex difference ...
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(2018-08-27)Master EconomicsChild marriage is a universa! phenomenon closely related to gender inequality. However, the causes and effects of this practice vary across regions and cultures. This thesis uses datafrom Young Lives (2002-2014) (n=459 ...
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(2021-08-23)Master EconomicsIn this thesis the potential of using subjective well-being (SWB) in the process of measuring development is explored. SWB is rising in popularity and is often named as an interesting alternative for mainstream measurements ...
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(2019-08-16)Master EconomicsWhat causes people to have environmental concerns? This study adds relative wealth concerns as an explaining factor for environmental concerns to the objective-problems subjective-values thesis of Ronald Inglehart. Previous ...
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(2019-08-13)Master EconomicsThe paper studied how educational attainment moderates the effect of group characteristics on social mobility by measuring the difference of occupational levels between individuals and their parents. This study focuses on ...
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The effect of environmental regulation on the environmental footprint of foreign direct investment (2019-08-26)Master EconomicsThis studies analyses the effect of environmental regulation on the environmental footprint of inward FDI in the host country due to the investment decisions of foreign firms. In this study a broad range of countries from ...
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(2021-01-11)Master EconomicsThis paper focuses on the relationship between ethnic diversity and economic development. While the former is measured using the well-known Ethnic Fractionalization Index, the latter is measured using the Subnational Human ...
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(2016-10-11)Master EconomicsIn this thesis the effect of public services, in the case for electricity and water provision, on regional poverty rate and average education levels is studied. This is done for 130 regions in 20 sub-Saharan African ...
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(2019-08-01)Master EconomicsThis research analyses the role of home appliances on Female Labour Participation in South Africa. The increase of the female labour participation is crucial for the development of a country, nonetheless, at this moment, ...
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