Sökning: "Equality of opportunity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 47 avhandlingar innehållade orden Equality of opportunity.

1. 1. The Europeanisation  of gender equality : The unexpected case of Sweden

   Författare :Tanja Olsson Blandy; Christina Bergqvist; Ann-Cathrine Jungar; Helena Stensöta Olofsdotter; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender equality; Europeanisation; state feminism; framing; norm entrepreneurs; actors’ strategies; equality agencies; JämO; femocrats; misfit; domestic change.; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The main objective of this thesis is to analyse how the Swedish Equal Op-portunities Ombudsman (JämO) has used EU legislation as an opportunity for influencing the domestic policy process. Prior to Sweden’s membership in the EU, few pay-discrimination cases had been referred to the Labour Court, and none by JämO. LÄS MER

3. 2. Equality of opportunity, heterogeneity and poverty

   Författare :William Nilsson; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Tomas Sjögren; Anders Björklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Equality of opportunity; Semiparametric; Poverty; Heterogeneity; State dependence; Twins; Unemployment; Divorce; Spousal response; Selection; Panel data; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Paper [I] studies equality of opportunity in Sweden. The distinction between circumstances that constrain an individual’s opportunities and the individual choices also affecting a particular outcome is the main idea of theories of equality of opportunity. LÄS MER

4. 3. Equality of Access in Health Care

   Författare :Katarina Steen Carlsson; Hälsoekonomi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; financial and time cost; socio-economic variation; hopsital care; concentration index; consumption possibilities; definition; opportunity; equality of access; equity; Social economics; Social ekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Equality of access may be defined and operationalised in several ways. Paper I, 'Equality of access. Definitions and policy implications', proposes a theoretical outline of possible definitions of equal access, of the policy measures needed to attain equality and of their consequences. LÄS MER

5. 4. Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education

   Författare :Per Engzell; Jan O. Jonsson; Carina Mood; Jenny Torssander; Richard Breen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; endogeneity; equality of opportunity; ethnic inequality; immigrant selectivity; large-scale assessments; measurement error; proxy variables; social origin; socioeconomic status; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. Study I draws on newly collected survey data to assess the biases that arise in estimating socioeconomic differences in achievement when relying on parent and student reported data on social background. LÄS MER

7. 5. Participation and performance in primary schooling : a study of equality of educational opportunity in Mauritius

   Författare :Vinayagum Chinapah; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mauritius; Primary Education; Educational Equality; School Participation; Scholastic Performance; Learning Environments; LISREL Method; PLS Method; Latent Variables; Path Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is to examine the extent to which policies formulated to ensure equality of educational opportunity have been implemented at the primary school level in Mauritius.Universal free primary education was achieved during the early 1970s. LÄS MER