Sökning: "Sibling Fixed Effects"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sibling Fixed Effects.

  1. 1. The Long-term Impact of Birth Order on Health and Educational Attainment

    Författare :Kieron Barclay; Jens Rydgren; Gunnar Andersson; Irma Elo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Birth Order; Health; Mortality; Educational Attainment; Sibling Comparison; Fixed Effects; Sweden; Register Data; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis examines the long-term impact of birth order on health, and educational attainment. Swedish register data is used to link individuals to their siblings, thereby allowing members of the sibling group to be compared to one another. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Reaching For Equality : Essays in Education and Gender Economics

    Författare :Sanna Ericsson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preschool; Education; Sub-Saharan Africa; Cultural Gender Norms; Math Gender Gap; Epidemiological Approach; Refugee Placement Policy; Sibling Fixed Effects; Domestic Violence; Household Bargaining; Male Backlash; Local Labour Demand; Preschool; Education; Sub-Saharan Africa; Cultural Gender Norms; Math Gender Gap; Epidemiological Approach; Refugee Placement Policy; Sibling Fixed Effects; Domestic Violence; Household Bargaining; Male Backlash; Local Labour Demand;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained papers that all relate to the understanding of equality. The first chapter investigates the effects of preschool attendance on children in Kenya and Tanzania. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Teachers, Family and Friends : Essays in Economics of Education

    Författare :Krister Sund; Anders Björklund; Hans Bonesrønning; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Family background and school performance during a turbulent era of school reforms In the 1990s, Swedish education policy took several steps towards more decentralization and more room for parental school choice. We study the relationship between school performance and family background during this period of time. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Who starts a family? : The prospective association between psychological factors and family formation processes

    Författare :Steffen Peters; Kieron Barclay; Mikko Myrskylä; Gunnar Andersson; Monika Mynarska; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychological factors; family formation; personality; identity; leadership skills; marital behavior; fertility; partnership dissolution; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Sammanfattning : The role of psychological factors for family formation processes has been underexplored in demographic research. However, psychological concepts such as personality, identity, or skills may have become increasingly relevant for family formation processes such as marital behavior, childbearing, or partnership dissolution, in particular in countries with high levels of individualism. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Impacts of Policies, Peers and Parenthood on Labor Market Outcomes

    Författare :Arizo Karimi; Per Johansson; Peter Skogman Thoursie; V. Joseph Hotz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Policies; Peers; Parenthood; Labor Market Outcomes; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five self-contained papers.Paper 1 This paper analyzes the causal effect of the timing of first birth on highly educated women's career outcomes. To address the endogeneity of birth timing to labor market outcomes, I instrument the former with the occurrence of pregnancy loss before first birth. LÄS MER