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  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. Communication in Games and Decision Making under Risk

    Författare :Erik Wengström; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Communication; Repeated Bertrand Games Cooperation; Renegotiation; Experiments; Risk Aversion; Non-cooperative Game Theory; Selection; Loss Aversion; Timing of Uncertainty Resolution;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is divided into two distinct parts. The first part studies communication in games and the second part investigates individual decision making under risk. Chapters 2 – 4, co-authored with Ola Andersson, investigate communication and renegotiation in dynamic games. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Genome Variation in Human Populations : Exploring the Effects of Demographic History and the Potential for Mapping of Complex Traits

    Författare :Åsa Johansson; Ulf Gyllensten; Marta Alarcon; Andrew Clark; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Genetics; genetics; evolution; microsatellie; SNP; selection; linkage disequilibrium; haplotype; Genetik;

    Sammanfattning : A major challenge in human genetics is to understand the genetic variation underlying common diseases. In this thesis, I focus on forces creating differences between individuals and genomic regions, methods for characterizing genomic variation, and the association between genomic and phenotypic variation. LÄS MER

  5. 9. An evaluation of the adult education initiative relative labor market training

    Författare :Anders Stenberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Selection; adult education; wage earnings; labor market training; duration; incidence; unemployment; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three papers which evaluate the effects of the Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden relative to the vocational part of Labor Market Training (LMT). Paper [I] studies unemployment incidence and unemployment duration for participants in the AEI relative to LMT. LÄS MER

  7. 10. The Quest for Robust Model Selection Methods in Linear Regression

    Författare :Prakash Borpatra Gohain; Magnus Jansson; K.V.S Hari; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Model selection; information criterion; linear regression; sparsity; high dimensional; Electrical Engineering; Elektro- och systemteknik; Mathematical Statistics; Matematisk statistik;

    Sammanfattning : A fundamental requirement in data analysis is fitting the data to a model that can be used for the purpose of prediction and knowledge discovery. A typical and favored approach is using a linear model that explains the relationship between the response and the independent variables. LÄS MER