Thesis--Boston University. / Forced moving is a problem in social change. Reanalyzing survey data from interviews with 102 Boston households who made a forced move between 1968 and 1970, a theoretical model is developed which explains the type and variety of these changes. The household, the residents of one dwelling unit, is the unit or system affected by a forced move. All social systems must solve the four Parsonian functions to continue to exist. Households differ in the adequacy of their solutions. In the model the independent variables are the household's levels of functioning before the forced move and the dependent variables are the housing and attitudinal changes accompanying a forced move. Two hypotheses specified the relationship between the changes accompanying a forced move and influences on these changes. Hypothesis I stated that households with positive functioning before the forced move would report positive changes after the forced move. In the model all four household functions do not contribute equally to forced move outcomes. Assuming that rehousing after a ... [TRUNCATED]

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Chau Tak Wai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-100). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Pioneering Work --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Collective Household Consumption --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Household Production --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4 --- Tests between Unitary Model and Collective Model --- p.17 / Chapter 2.5 --- Distribution Factors in Collective Labor Supply --- p.19 / Chapter 2.6 --- Identification of Spousal Leisure --- p.20 / Chapter 2.7 --- Plan of the thesis --- p.21 / Chapter 3 --- Data Descriptions --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Collection Process --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Data Characteristics --- p.24 / Chapter 4 --- Individual Wage and Labor Supply Equations --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- Individual Wage Equations --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2 --- Individual Labor Supply Equation --- p.36 / Chapter 4.3 --- Conclusion --- p.43 / Chapter 5 --- Collective Household Labor Supply --- p.46 / Chapter 5.1 --- Theoretical Model --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2 --- Parametric Specification --- p.53 / Chapter 5.3 --- Data and Empirical Results --- p.56 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.64 / Chapter 6 --- Identification of Independent and Spousal Leisure --- p.66 / Chapter 6.1 --- Theoretical Model --- p.67 / Chapter 6.2 --- Parametric Specification --- p.78 / Chapter 6.3 --- Data and Empirical Results --- p.82 / Chapter 6.4 --- Conclusion --- p.91 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.93 / References --- p.96 / Tables and Appendices --- p.101

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 354-366).

In this study, extending credit to the low-income and poor households in South Africa: a system of principles is analysed. Access to credit plays a major role in improving the living standards of the households that are plagued by financial shocks. Access to credit enables the low-income and poor households to bridge the effects of financial shocks and/or emergencies such as illness, funerals, fire and theft and to improve household conditions in general. Currently, the low-income and poor households in South Africa find it difficult to access credit from the formal financial sector. The fundamental problem underlying inaccessibility of credit is ascribed to uncertainty, which presents complications in the delivery of such credit to the households. Different theoretical aspects like fundamental uncertainty, incomplete (asymmetric) information, limits to perfect arbitrage, bounded rationality, and market microstructures, for example, give rise to the uncertainty problem which then makes it difficult for formal financial institutions (as lenders) and borrowers to conduct financial transactions and, therefore, limits the provision of credit, especially to the low-income and poor households. The uncertainty problem implies that the low-income and poor households remain deprived of need-based credit and are further marginalised. The main objective of the study is to derive a system of principles that can act as a first point of reference in dealing with the uncertainty problem, thereby assisting in improving access to credit by the low-income and poor households in South Africa. The study adopts both qualitative and quantitative methods of research which are clearly expressed and substantiated to validate the study. To overcome the problem of uncertainty, the study recommends the development of a system of principles as a strategic instrument of dealing with the problem and to improve access to credit by the low-income and poor households in South Africa. Such a system is based on the seven principles, namely, socialisation, collateral substitution, decentralisation, localisation, customisation, training and government/judicial policies as an important benchmark to initiate the transformation of the uncertainty problem associated with extending credit to the low-income and poor households. The importance of such a system is based on the fact that the principles are interrelated, for example, they use peer pressure and monitoring as substitutes for collateral in securing credit and also minimises the transaction and administrative costs of financial contracts. Lending and borrowing activities take place under perfect and certain environment. / Dr. C.H. Schoeman

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-97).

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborgs universitet, 2002. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu, 2008?

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