Sökning: "Human Capital Formation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden Human Capital Formation.

  1. 1. Societal Impacts of Modern Conscription : Human Capital, Social Capital and Criminal Behaviour

    Författare :Daniel Almén; Heléne Berg; Mårten Palme; Yann Algan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conscription; Military; Human Capital; Social Capital; Civic Engagement; Crime; Criminal Behaviour; Labour Market; Election Participation; Nation-building; School for the Nation; Opportunity Cost; Welfare State; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Opportunity Costs and Conscription: An Unintended Progressive Tax?Throughout history to present days, policymakers, social commentators and others have oftentimes viewed conscription as a natural extension of secondary education, and an important institution for vocational training. This paper uses Swedish administrative data and exploits a reform in 2004, implying a sudden downsizing of the military, to identify the causal effects of peacetime conscription on later labour market outcomes and education. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on human capital and wage formation

    Författare :Malin Bergman; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three independent essays. In the first essay, I examine the implications of income redistribution on human capital accu-mulation and income inequality, presenting a model where human capital investment is indi-visible and agents differ in economic opportunity as well as intellectual ability. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Plats och entreprenörskap : fallet Åre

    Författare :Mikael Skålén; Anders Malmberg; Kjell Haraldsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Local business development; economic geography; social capital; cluster; creative class; place attractiveness; entrepreneurship; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis examines why Åre, the premium skiresort of Sweden, is so successful inproducing new small and medium sized firms. Since the 1980s, Åre has been among the highestranked Swedish municipalities when it comes to new firm formation, and their survial rateis better than in the rest of the country. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Regions, Human Capital and New Firm Formation

    Författare :Mikaela Backman; Charlie Karlsson; Todd Gabe; Jönköping University; []
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    Sammanfattning : This thesis shows the importance of human capital at the individual, firm, and regional level through its effects on returns to education, firm productivity and new firm formation. The thesis further shows the importance of banks as a determinant for new firm formation at the local level. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Human capital development and competence structures in changing media production environments

    Författare :Anastasios E. Politis; Nils Enlind; Robert Picard; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social psychology; graphic arts and media sector; digital printing; cross-media publishing; human capital; Socialpsykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis discusses the competence structures and the development of human capital in the graphic arts and media sector. The study has focused on exploring the new media landscape and in particular the structural changes that influence the sector, the print-versuselectronic- media debate and the future of print media. LÄS MER