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  1. 6. Globalization, Gender Inequality, and Firm Innovation

    Författare :Olga Lark; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign ownership; internationalization; export; contract intensity; interpersonal contacts; gender inequality; gender wage gap; gender norms; gender inequality index; customer discrimination; import competition; innovation; patents; ; manufacturing capabilities;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises four self-contained papers that rely on applied micro-econometric methods to understand which factors are important in shaping the gender wage gap in globalized firms and how firms innovate when exposed to trade-induced shocks. In the first paper, we study how the within-firm gender wage gap in Sweden is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Essays on Female Policymakers and Policy Outcomes

    Författare :Li-Ju Chen; Per Pettersson-Lidbom; Lena Edlund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; female legislator; political economy; distance to the technological frontier; gender quotas; policy outcomes; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of three papers, summarized as follows. "Female Policymakers and Educational Expenditures: Cross-Country Evidence" This paper investigates the influence of women in politics on decision-making using public educational expenditures as the outcome of interest. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Improvements in hip arthroplasty - did they work? Evaluations of different articulations and fixation concepts

    Författare :Per-Erik Johanson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; hip arthroplasty; innovation; outcome;

    Sammanfattning : Today, total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the safest and most efficient surgical treatments. New materials, surgical techniques and design concepts intended to improve THA have not always been successful. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Nyktra kvinnor : Folkbildare, företagare och politiska aktörer. Vita Bandet 1900-1930

    Författare :Åsa Bengtsson; Kim Salomon; Hanne Sanders; Irene Andersson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; White Ribbon; WWCTU; temperance movement; women s movement; philanthropy; adult education; Swedish political history; political innovations; entrepreneurship; process of democratization; Sweden; Vita Bandet; nykterhetsrörelsen; kvinnorörelsen; deokratiseringsprocess; filantropi; folkbildning; politisk innovation; politiskt entreprenörskap; politisk historia; sociala rörelser; WWCTU; White Ribbon; folkbildning; kvinnorörelsen; social rörelse; genus; Svensk politisk historia; Svensk socialhistora; kvinnors företagande; filantripi; nykterhetsrörelsen; Vita Bandet;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the female Christian temperance union the White Ribbon is in focus. The White Ribbon was founded in Stockholm in 1900 and it was part of the international organization World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU). LÄS MER

  7. 10. Understanding evolutionary novelty through female-limited polymorphisms

    Författare :Kalle Tunström; Christopher W. Wheat; Rhonda R. Snook; Patrícia Beldade; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; populationsgenetik; Population Genetics;

    Sammanfattning : Understanding how novel traits evolve is a central question in evolutionary biology. However, unraveling the complex genetic and developmental mechanisms underlying trait innovation can be challenging, especially when the trait evolved a long time ago. LÄS MER