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An examination of the global savings glut hypothesis and secular stagnation hypothesis.
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The value of the Canadian index of wellbeing.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2016)This thesis examines the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and its potential uses alongside existing measurements of wellbeing. It examines the creation of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and how it might inform policy decisions ... -
Global current account imbalances : a panel data analysis using pooled OLS, random effects and fixed effects models.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2014)This Honors Thesis paper presents an empirical analysis of current account balances using an unbalanced cross-country panel data from 2005-2012. The paper extends Cheung, Furceri and Rusticelli (2013), which analyzes the ... -
Travelling to the urban promise : theorizing the relation between labor migration and gender division of labor in Chinese households.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2014)This thesis examines the rural-urban labor migration patterns in China in relation to the different approaches to migration theories developed from non-Chinese sources. It concludes that the migration patterns and behaviors ... -
Too few women at the top : the causations and potential solutions for gender inequality in upper management.
(Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2013-09-16)The first part of the thesis identifies and closely investigates the persisting challenges to women’s professional advancement. Stubborn social traditions and the rigidity of the current business structure, which favors ...
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