Sökning: "Selection panel"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 76 avhandlingar innehållade orden Selection panel.

1. 11. Computational and spatial analyses of rooftops for urban solar energy planning

   Författare :Mohammad Aslani; Stefan Seipel; S. Anders Brandt; Julia Åhlén; Alison Jane Heppenstall; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Machine learning; Classification; Segmentation; Support vector machines; Instance selection; Rooftop plane segmentation; Photovoltaic panels; Utiliz-able rooftop areas; Geoinformatics; maskininlärning; klassificering; segmentering; stödvektormaskiner; urval av träningsdata; segmentering av takytor; solcellspaneler; utnyttjande av takytor; geoinformatik; Hållbar stadsutveckling; Sustainable Urban Development;

   Sammanfattning : In cities where land availability is limited, rooftop photovoltaic panels (RPVs) offer high potential for satisfying concentrated urban energy demand by using only rooftop areas. However, accurate estimation of RPVs potential in relation to their spatial distribution is indispensable for successful energy planning. LÄS MER

3. 12. Essays on Development and Experimental Economics: Migration, Discrimination and Positional Concerns

   Författare :Lisa Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; discrimination; Ethiopia; ethnicity; experiment; fixed effects; field experiment; housing market; gender; income comparison; migration; panel data; private inter-household transfers; propensity score matching; reference groups; remittances; subjective well-being;

   Sammanfattning : Paper 1: A Field Experiment of Discrimination in the Norwegian Housing Market: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity We test for gender, class, and ethnic discrimination in the Norwegian rental housing market using fake application letters. Females, individuals with high job status, and ethnic Norwegians are more likely to receive positive responses. LÄS MER

4. 13. Economic Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Investments

   Författare :Cristiana Manescu; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Social Responsibility; Strategic CSR; Socially Responsible Investments; Sustainability; Firm Profitability; Stock Returns; Statistical Learning Techniques; Variable Selection; Smooth Splines; Regression Trees; Data Envelopment Analysis; Difference-GMM; Risk-Factor Test; Market Efficiency; Control Functions Approach.;

   Sammanfattning : Paper 1 (with Catalin Starica): This study conducts an in-depth analysis of the association between a unique ten-dimensional set of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scores and firm profitability, as measured by Return on Assets (ROA). We find that non-linear (semi or non-parametric) regression methods bring important improvements in explaining profitability relative to a classical linear approach. LÄS MER

5. 14. Svensk arbetsmarknadsutbildning : en kvantitativ analys av dess effekter

   Författare :Roger Axelsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Manpower training; human capital; unemployment; panel data;

   Sammanfattning : The study has twelve chapters. After a brief introduction in chapter 1 the development and scope of Swedish manpower training are summarized in chapter 2.Chapter 3 examines to what extent Swedish manpower training has contributed to the attainment of the overall goals of economic policy. LÄS MER

7. 15. Essays on Immigrants' Economic Integration

   Författare :Kerem Tezic; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Second-generation immigrants; educational attainments; early labour-market experiences; competing-risks; graduate employment; calibration; first-generation immigrants; sample-selection in panel data; random effects.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five papers, related to each other in terms of study-sample, study-subject or methods used. The first paper is concerned with second-generation immigrants' educational attainments, using the Longitudinal Individual Data-set (LINDA), which gave us the possibility to examine changes over time, from ages 16-17 to 21-22 and to compare second-generation immigrants with a randomly-chosen matched control-group of native Swedes. LÄS MER