Sökning: "Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities.

  1. 1. Essays on Cognitive Development and Medical Care

    Författare :Mattias Öhman; Matz Dahlberg; Erik Grönqvist; Louise von Essen; Martin Karlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fluoride; Cognitive ability; Non-cognitive ability; Income; Education; Employment; Dental health; Mortality; Information; Health; Screening; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Myocardial infarction; Antidepressants; SSRI; Propensity score matching; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers.Essay I (with Linuz Aggeborn): Fluoridation of the drinking water is a public policy whose aim is to improve dental health. Although the evidence is clear that fluoride is good for dental health, concerns have been raised regarding potential negative effects on cognitive development. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays in Empirical Labour Economics : Family Background, Gender and Earnings

    Författare :Lalaina Hirvonen; Anders Björklund; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intergenerational mobility; Assortative mating; Nonlinearity; Female labour force participation; Sex-mix composition; Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities; Education; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : All three essays in this thesis are concerned with the interrelation of family, gender and labour market outcomes. The first paper investigates family earnings mobility between parents and sons, and parents and daughters, highlighting the role of assortative mating. The results suggest that daughters are more mobile than sons. LÄS MER

  4. 3. "Be Smart, Live Long: The Relationship Between Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities and Mortality" and "Exogenous Health Information and Individuals' Subjective Well-Being: RD Evidence from a Screening-Program for an Asymptomatic Disease"

    Författare :Mattias Öhman; Matz Dahlberg; Erik Grönqvist; Damon Clark; University of California at Irvine; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  5. 4. Mind over matter : Non-cognitive assessments for the selection of the Swedish voluntary soldier of peace

    Författare :Charlotte Bäccman; Kjerstin Almkvist; Erik Wästlund; Lennart Sjöberg; Per-Olov Michel; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personnel selection; personality; resilience; validation; military; international operations; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was firstly, to investigate if the current selection system mirrors the task of international deployment and voluntariness. Secondly, to investigate if and how non-cognitive assessments of personality and resilience, individual aspects that seem underrepresented in the current selection system, may increment validity to the current selection system. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Education, Health, and Earnings – Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Young Adults

    Författare :Ida Lovén; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Siblings; Family formation; Type 1 diabetes; Education; Earnings; Health;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four independent exploratory research papers contributing to the economic literature on child and adolescent health, and adult educational and labor market outcomes. Each paper considers type 1 diabetes and focuses on onset over a specific age span. LÄS MER