Browsing NTNU Open by Author "de Soysa, Indra"
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Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013
Knutson, Andreas Harry Solheim; de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scholars debate the effects of globalisation on obesity. Using the latest data on access to ICTs and the Global Burden of Disease data on excess weight gain and obesity, we find that both social globalisation and access ... -
Economic Freedom vs. Egalitarianism: An Empirical Test of Weak & Strong Sustainability, 1970-2018
de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many argue that free markets drive climate change and harm environmental sustainability. They suggest that democratic controls over profligate capital and unregulated markets better secure economic wellbeing and environmental ... -
Economic Freedom, Social Protections, and Electoral Support for Anti-Immigrant Populist Parties in 27 Industrial Democracies
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra (Chapter, 2017) -
Economic Governance and Homicide: Some Theory and Empirics, 1990 – 2017
de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article posits that free-market institutions and practices reduce economic distortions that provide rents for underground organizations, which ultimately form criminogenic environments. Rents from market distortions ... -
Egalitarian Democracy and Environmental Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis
Karlsen, Emil (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Fasiliterer egalitære demokratier bærekraft? Ved bruk indikatorer for både egalitært demokrati og bærekraft estimerer denne oppgaven sammenhengen mellom et egalitært demokrati og bærekraftig utvikling. Den ser også på ... -
Eiendomsregimer og bærekraftig naturressursforvaltning: Om forholdet mellom eierskap av naturressurser og naturressursenes forvaltning, med hensyn til demokratiske påvirkninger
Jentoft, Magnus Johan (Master thesis, 2022)Naturressursforvaltning er selve krysningspunktet mellom mennesker og naturen rundt oss. Ettersom forholdet mellom menneske og natur formes av forholdene mellom mennesker er det dermed nødvending å undersøke hvilke ... -
Equity and Child Health: Addressing Health Inequalities and Improving Child Health Through a Public Health Approach
Besnier, Elodie A. S. (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:247, Doctoral thesis, 2022)“Leaving no one behind”, as the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals promise, is a goal most of us support, especially when children are concerned. However, the road towards this goal is more challenging than the ... -
Ethnic Diversity, Racial Prejudice, and Attitudes towards Equity in the West and Beyond: A Multilevel Analysis, 1989–2014
de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Tor Georg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Recent studies find that increasing ethnic diversity through immigration reduces support for welfare states. Using multilevel analysis of a wide sample of countries (≅100) and a large sampling of individuals (≅310,000), ... -
Ethnic Fractionalization and the Development of Egalitarian Democracy
Andersen, Henrik Paulgaard (Master thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven er en kvantitativ analyse av hvorvidt etnisk mangfold er et hinder for utviklingen av egalitært demokrati og egalitære institusjoner. Tidligere forskning på effekten av etnisk mangfold på utvikling av land, ... -
FDI and Corruption - Does foreign direct investment cause corruption?
Berntsen, Øyvind Isachsen (Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgaven undersøker sammenhengen mellom direkte utenlandsinvesteringer (FDI) og korrupsjon. Oppgaven innoverer ved å bruke et utvidet datasett, en ny korrupsjonsvariabel og en FDI stock variabel som uavhengig variabel ... -
FDI and Corruption: Does FDI Lead to More Political Corruption? An Emperical Ananlysis, 1970-2020
Nesøen, Marie (Master thesis, 2023)Jeg undersøker effekten av FDI på korrupsjon. Tidligere forskning har funnet at det ikke er etablert noen konsensus om forholdet mellom FDI og korrupsjon. Av det jeg har opparbeidet meg av kunnskap på området, benytter ... -
Free market capitalism and societal inequities: assessing the effects of economic freedom on income inequality and the equity of access to opportunity, 1990–2017
de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Some blame free-market capitalism for increasing income inequality, arguing that richer classes could block access to others for maintaining their privileges. By manipulating the degree of political rights and resources ... -
Free-market capitalism, interpersonal trust, and trust in political institutions: a multilevel empirical analysis, 1994–2014
de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Tor Georg; Holum, Marthe Liss (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Trust is important in terms of achieving economic efficiency, as it reduces the need for costly systems of supervision and control with regards to transactions in a society. Employing data from the World Values Survey and ... -
Gender empowerment, inequalities and the prevalence of adult female obesity: An empirical analysis using new data, 1990–2013
de Soysa, Indra; Lewin, Oda L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aims: Do gender inequality and gender discrimination explain female obesity? Discrimination denies access to choose and constrains agency. Scope: Using the Global Burden of Disease data on overweight and obesity share of ... -
Gir Kina korrupte og autoritære stater bistand i større grad enn Norge?
Hassel, Benjamin (Bachelor thesis, 2020)Denne oppgaven har som hensikt å utforske forskjeller mellom Kina og Norge som bilaterale bistandsdonorer. Fokuset ligger spesielt på om landene har ulik terskel for å akseptere korrupsjon og autoritære styrer hos ... -
Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: An empirical analysis
de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spate of studies showing a close connection between inequitable access to health care, welfare services and adverse outcomes from the pandemic. Others have argued that democratic ... -
Healthcare equity and COVID-19 Assessing the relative effectiveness of egalitarian governance and healthcare system capacity on the COVID-19 pandemic
de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha (UNU-WIDER working paper series;, Research report, 2020) -
Hvordan påvirker handel og bistand statlig korrupsjon?
Dombestein, Eirik (Bachelor thesis, 2020) -
Immigration and the “Welfare Magnet” hypothesis: An examination of municipality-level crime in Norway, 2007–2016
de Soysa, Indra; Kaasa, Jorunn; Rød, Jan Ketil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Large segments of populations in the industrialized West believe that immigrants cause crime. Some scholars suggest that it is generous welfare that attracts so-called “welfare magnets,” increasing the possibility that the ... -
Immigration, Welfare States & Violent Crime: An Empirical Investigation, 1990-2018
Sivertsen, Preben (Master thesis, 2021)Verden blir stadig mer sammenkoblet gjennom globalisering som har brakt kulturer, språk og mennesker nærmere hverandre. The International Organization for Migration rapporterte i 2020 at antallet internasjonale migranter ...