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1. 1. Continuities and Changes in Criminal Careers

   Författare :Christoffer Carlsson; Jerzy Sarnecki; Tove Pettersson; Peggy C. Giordano; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-course criminology; criminal careers; persistence; desistance; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Sammanfattning : The best predictor of future criminal behavior is past criminal behavior. At the same time, the vast majority of people who engage in crime are teenagers and stop offending with age. LÄS MER

3. 2. Den raka och den krokiga vägen : om genus, ingenjörer och teknikkarriärer

   Författare :Line Holth; Ann Bergman; Lena Gonäs; Ulf Mellström; Mari Teigen; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; technology; gender stereotypes; choice of education; gender segregation; working life; fatherhood; masculinities; technology careers; IT engineers; mechanical engineers; genus; teknik; könsstereotyper; utbildningsval; könssegregering; arbetsliv; faderskap; maskuliniteter; teknikkarriärer; IT-ingenjörer; maskiningenjörer; Working Life Science; Arbetsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to shed light on, explain, and problematize women’s and men’s paths both to and within the profession of engineer. Computer and mechanical engineers are in focus and the overarching issues that this thesis attempts to answer are: How can women’s and men’s paths to the profession of engineer be explained and what has governed/motivated their choice of education? How do women’s and men’s career patterns look in professional life, and how can these patterns be explained? This study is based on a social-constructivistic approach, entailing a focus on how choices of education and profession have been negotiated through social and cultural practices, norms, and values. LÄS MER

4. 3. Housing Careers in a Changing Welfare State

   Författare :Marianne Abramsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Housing careers; immigrants; interviews; life-course; regression models; seniors; social housing; Sweden; young adults; welfare state;

   Sammanfattning : The departure point of this thesis was changes to the welfare state. These changes began during the recession in the 1970s and were emphasised in the beginning of the 1990s. The housing market was particularly affected, as the state almost completely withdrew its engagement. LÄS MER

5. 4. Political Careers, Government Stability, and Electoral Cycles

   Författare :Davide Cipullo; Eva Mörk; Luca Repetto; Vincent Pons; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender gaps; Self-selection; Political careers; Sticky floor; Voting; Government stability; Fragmentation; No-confidence votes; Bargaining; Brexit; Interest Groups; Forecaster behavior; Electoral cycles; Political selection; Macroeconomic forecasting;

   Sammanfattning : Essay 1: This essay investigates the impact of voter support on the representation of women in the political profession. The empirical analysis exploits two-stage elections in the United States and Italy to hold the selection of candidates constant. LÄS MER

7. 5. Essays in economics : The impact of changes on the labor market induced by structural change, the adoption of a new computer-based technology and economic slowdowns on family formation, family fertility outcomes and new careers

   Författare :Tamara Thornquist; Peter Skogman Thoursie; Jonas Vlachos; Hans Grönqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor market; structural change; polarization of earnings; computer-based technology; economic slowdowns; family formation; family fertility outcomes; careers; college graduates; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Childlessness, Number of Children and The Labor Market at the Time of a New Technology, the US 1980-2018The adoption of a new computer-based technology in the US in the late 1970s resulted in broad changes on the labor market that can be described by two major phenomena - job polarization and a shift in the relative returns to skill. A well established theoretical and empirical literature shows that commuting zones with a historically greater specialization in routine task intensive occupations adopted the new computer-based technology faster and subsequently saw greater changes on the local labor markets. LÄS MER