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1. 6. Essays on Smallholder Diversification, Industry Location, Debt Relief, and Disability and Utility

   Författare :Sven Tengstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Zambia; agriculture; income diversification; structural change; poverty; global clothing industry; new economic geography; comparative advantages; industrial agglomeration; HIPC; debt relief; debt overhang; investment; incentives; disability; mobility impairment; marginal utility; hypothetical lotteries; risk.;

   Sammanfattning : Essay 1 Smallholder Income Diversification in Zambia: The Way Out of Poverty? This paper investigates the relationship between income diversification (combinations of farm income, agricultural wage work, non-agricultural wage work, and own-business income) and income within Zambian smallholder households. Shifting to a higher degree of diversification is found to be associated with getting higher income per laborer. LÄS MER

3. 7. Turning to Europe : A New Swedish Industrial Relations Regime in the 1990s

   Författare :Sofia Murhem; Lars Magnusson; Niklas Bruun; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Industrial relations; service sector; small enterprises; telecommunications sector; metal industry; trade unions; employers’ associations; Europeanization; Sweden; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the transformation of the industrial relations regime in Sweden during the 1990s. Four areas are studied; industrial relations of the growing service sector, industrial relations of small enterprises, effects of re-regulation and introduction of competition on industrial relations in telecommunications service and internationalisation of industrial relations in the metal sector, showing that in the 1990s, the labour market regime of Sweden changed into a new regime, as a result of altered conditions caused by the third industrial revolution. LÄS MER

4. 8. Live Longer, Work Longer? Evidence from Sweden’s Ageing Population

   Författare :Haodong Qi; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment; Retirement Behavior; Working Life; Labor Supply; Pension Reform; Financial Incentives; Population Ageing;

   Sammanfattning : Sweden’s elderly population is growing, propelled by a continuous decline in old-age mortality, while coupled with a persistent replacement level fertility. This changing age structure increases the per worker cost of providing a given age-vector of per capita benefits, encompassing costs for pensions, health care, and all other type of old-age welfare services, which presents a looming challenge for the welfare state to sustain its social transfer system. LÄS MER

5. 9. The Incentive to Abate : The Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry and the 1969 Environment Protection Act

   Författare :Lars Karlsson; Peter Hedberg; Lars Magnusson; Lennart Schön; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental regulation; pollution abatement; pulp and paper; structural change; corporatism; Sweden; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Sammanfattning : The Swedish Environment Protection Act (SEPA) was implemented in 1969 and constituted the first comprehensive Swedish regulation of industry-induced environmental externalities. In keeping with a longstanding corporatist tradition, Swedish policymakers aimed to establish a cooperative climate with industrial producers and instructed the regulatory authorities to strive to reach consensual agreements with affected firms. LÄS MER

7. 10. Inputs and Incentives in Education

   Författare :J. Lucas Tilley; Helena Holmlund; Olmo Silva; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adult education; human capital; performance incentives; school resources; student achievement; teacher credentials; teacher sorting; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Essay I.  Educational interventions that increase the quality or quantity of school resources may have a limited impact on student achievement if students lack sufficient effort or motivation. A more effective way of raising achievement could be incentivizing students to perform well in school. LÄS MER