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This thesis investigates the progression of horizontal inequalities across the major ethnic groups in Guatemala. Nearly 30 years after the signing of the Peace Accords, heterogeneous outcomes and patterns in educational and income differentials confirm the persistence of horizontal inequalities affecting the Mayan Indigenous population. While there is a trend toward greater convergence in wages, s
This thesis estimates how Mexico’s 2013 electricity reform and post-reform build- up of utility-scale wind and solar (WS) power affected accessibility-based household energy poverty. Using eight INEGI (2022) biennial survey waves from 2008 to 2022, I construct four household energy poverty (HEP) indices: subsistence ap- pliances, participation devices, clean cooking and ventilation in hot states.
This paper proposes an impact evaluation of a widely known conditional cash transfer (CCT) program: the Brazilian (New) Bolsa Família Program (n-BFP). Created in 2003, the BFP was in place until October 2021, when it was replaced by Auxílio Brasil under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, only to be re-introduced in March 2023, when Lula da Silva returned to power. It was proposed as a tool to mitig
This quantitative study investigates the relationship between private sector dynamics and regional economic growth in Poland from 2002 to 2022. Using official data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS), it analyzes GDP per capita and net new firm registrations across 16 voivodeships, combining descriptive statistics, β- and σ-convergence analyses, and panel regression models. The convergence t
This thesis examines whether, and in what ways, simplified Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) can support ex-ante impact assessment in a public policy context. Using the Lynetteholmen construction project as an instrumental case, the study combines existing impact assessments, including environmental reports and cost–benefit analyses, into a unified assessment framework that evaluates Lynette
Empirical research shows that precolonial slavery negatively impacts contemporary growth and development in Africa. However, less research focuses on the causes of slavery or how it was sustained during the precolonial period. I investigate the unexplored question of whether export slavery was causal across individual precolonial periods by using slave export data in centennial periods (1400-1899)
This paper examines whether Global Environment Facility (GEF) financing systematically disadvantages climate-vulnerable and low-capacity countries, and whether this operates through GEF's own grant allocation or co-financiers' independent decisions. By using 3,581 single-country GEF projects approved between 1996 and 2026, it estimates OLS regressions examining how governance quality and c
This thesis investigates how socio-economic status shapes women’s negotiation of digital autonomy in urban Delhi. While India’s rapid digitalisation is often associated with empowerment and inclusion, significant gendered inequalities in digital access and use persist. Existing research has primarily focused on rural contexts and physical access to technology, paying less attention to how women ne
Over the past decade, Swedish primary care has seen a substantial increase in the establishment of private actors. As the sector changes in composition, it becomes relevant to examine the influence on the functioning of the system, as well as on patients’ experience and right to healthcare. This thesis examines the relationship between the entry of new private clinics and quality of the nearest pu
This paper examines the impact of trade openness on income inequality and how this relationship varies across countries at different stages of economic development. Using system GMM, and quantile regression on a self-constructed panel dataset of 57 countries from 1970 to 2015, the study analyzes the moderating roles of political power concentration and economic complexity. Based on the Stolper-Sam
Although the relationship between education and hygiene has received much attention, few studies have examined it in the context of Senegal. Using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys Program, this paper investigates the relationship between educational attainment and handwashing frequency among 9,012 individuals aged 15 and above, while accounting for information access, wealth status, an
Despite rapid improvements in digital connectivity across Sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about whether broader internet diffusion influences maternal healthcare behavior outside targeted digital health interventions. This thesis examines whether internet diffusion is associated with maternal healthcare utilization, and whether these associations differ between urban and rural populations. Usi
This thesis investigates the impact of the Eurozone debt crisis on Greece’s gender employment gap through the lens of sectoral exposure. Utilizing census microdata from 2001 and 2011, the study employs regression analysis to compare employment status and working hours between gender and among individuals across sectors. Results indicate that while the gender gap narrowed, this primarily reflected
This thesis investigates how institutional differences across European countries shape the relationship between corporate financialization, GDP per capita, and median incomes. Drawing on panel data from 23 European countries between 2005 and 2023, the study employs fixed-effects regression models to examine how changes in portfolio income, shareholder payout, and financial assets among non-financi
HYBRIT is often presented as a flagship project in Sweden’s transition to fossil-free industry, but its implementation depends on systems that the project itself does not control: electricity supply, transport infrastructure, and environmental permitting. This thesis examines how the Swedish state identifies and responds to structural tensions in the implementation of HYBRIT and fossil-free steel
This thesis provides macro-level evidence that finance has a positive effect on innovation across high- income OECD countries from 1996 to 2022. Building on the existing literature, it examines the different effects of bank-based and market-based financing on innovation. Instead of using static financial indicators that capture the size of the financial system, this thesis uses measures that captu
This thesis examines the role of credit allocation in China’s growth model. Based on the ‘Quantity Theory of Disaggregated Credit’, it focuses on how the growth in different types of bank credit is associated with GDP growth and its components. By making use of a disaggregated credit dataset from 2008 up to 2025, this thesis finds that both household and enterprise credit have a positive relations
This thesis investigates the early labour-market response to the investment waves announced in 2021 and 2023 by Novo Nordisk, aimed at expanding its production capabilities in Kalundborg, Denmark. We use municipal-level register data on employment, commuting, unemployment, economic activity and migration from Danmarks Statistik, comparing conditions prior to the investment waves with labour-market
This thesis investigates the early labour-market response to the investment waves announced in 2021 and 2023 by Novo Nordisk, aimed at expanding its production capabilities in Kalundborg, Denmark. We use municipal-level register data on employment, commuting, unemployment, economic activity and migration from Danmarks Statistik, comparing conditions prior to the investment waves with labour-market
The introduction of renewable energy into our energy markets has fundamentally changed the way energy markets behave. Within the current literature, there is a significant gap of information on how these new energy markets' shape regional price volatility. Using panel data from the four Swedish electricity price areas (SE1–SE4) over the period 2021–2025, this study combines GARCH volatility mo
