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1. 11. Understanding Intergenerational Mobility : Inequality, Student Aid and Nature-Nurture Interactions

   Författare :Gunnar Brandén; Mikael Lindahl; Björn Öckert; Erik Lindqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intergenerational mobility; inequality; student aid; adult education; difference-in-differences; propensity scores; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Essay I: A body of evidence has emerged in the literature on intergenerational mobility documenting that unequal countries experience less social mobility: a relationship known as the Great Gatsby Curve. In this paper I estimate the Great Gatsby Curve within Sweden across 125 commuting zones and 20 cohorts, exploiting both cross-sectional and longitudinal variation. LÄS MER

3. 12. Maternal Mortality in Sweden : Classification, Country of Birth, and Quality of Care

   Författare :Annika Esscher; Birgitta Essén; Ulf Högberg; Jos van Roosmalen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; underreporting; foreign-born; immigrants; low-income countries; suboptimal care; audit; suicide; reproductive age; maternal death; maternal care; Medical Science; Medicinsk vetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : After decades of decrease, maternal mortality rates have shown a slight increase in Europe. Immigrants, especially Africans, have shown to be at higher risk than native women. This could not be explained solely by well-known obstetric and socio-economic risk factors. LÄS MER

4. 13. Socioeconomic differences in a rural district in Vietnam : effects on health and use of health services

   Författare :Nguyen Duy Khe; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Socio-economic status; equity; equality; socioeconomic inequality in health; socioeconomic inequality in health care; Vietnam.;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Differences in health status and health care utilization between socioeconomic groups are evident in low-income and high-income countries. The situation in rural Vietnam is not well known. LÄS MER

5. 14. Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context

   Författare :Sayem Ahmed; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: In Bangladesh, on an average 62% of total healthcare spending was borne by households through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments annually during 2000- 2015. Because of such high OOP payments, a sizable proportion of households (15.7%) faced catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and a number of them fell into poverty in 2010. LÄS MER

7. 15. Development of income following sickness absence from the workplace or long-term unemployment, and among individuals with multiple sclerosis

   Författare :Michael Wiberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge of how reduced work capacity due to morbidity is associated with subsequent individual economic outcomes and how different components of the Swedish welfare system were used to cover individual economic loss. This was investigated in four empirical studies using population-based Swedish register data for individuals in working ages in the time period 1995 to 2011. LÄS MER