Sökning: "country-of-origin effects"

Visar resultat 11 - 14 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden country-of-origin effects.

  1. 11. Essays on Gender, Development and Political Economy

    Författare :Divya Dev; Torsten Persson; Ingvild Almås; Sascha Becker; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reservation in India; missionary activity; expatriate voter participation; Chilean presidential election; Tanzanian public sector; representation of women; female labour-force participation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The Long-Run Impact of Protestant Missionary Activity on Female Labour-Force ParticipationResearch has shown that missionary activity, in general, and Protestant missionary activity, in particular, has had a long-lasting positive effect on literacy, education and democratic values. In this chapter, I analyse the differential effect of early 20th century Protestant and Catholic missionary activity in three former British colonies - Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - on female labour-force participation with a particular focus on formal-sector employment. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Women who do not attend parental education classes during pregnancy or after birth

    Författare :Helena Fabian; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Childbirth and parenthood education; participants; evaluation; antenatal care; child health service; self-rated health; depressive symptoms; child behaviour; parental stress;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on childbirth and parenthood education during pregnancy and the year after childbirth, and investigates attendance rates and factors associated with non-attendance, and women's experiences and possible effects of antenatal education. Also, women with a non-Swedish speaking background are analysed: their uptake of care at the antenatal and child health centres, and their own and their child s physical and emotional well-being up to five years after birth. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Refugee Immigrants in Sweden - educational investments and labour market integration

    Författare :Dan-Olof Rooth; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Discrete models; Duration models; Count models; Unemployment; Human Capital Formation; Employment; Economics of Immigrants; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses educational investments and labour market attachment for refugee immigrants who received a permanent visa to Sweden during 1987-1991. It consists of five self-contained chapters. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Suicide attempts among immigrants in Europe

    Författare :Cendrine Bursztein Lipsicas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction and Aims: Immigrants comprise about 10% of the total population of Europe, but our knowledge about their suicidal behaviour is still insufficient. This study presents an overview of suicidal behaviour of immigrants in Europe compared to host populations focusing on: (I) The frequencies of attempted suicide, compared between immigrants and their hosts, between different immigrant groups, and between immigrants and their countries of origin, (II) the variations of these frequencies across gender, (III) the recommendations of care given in medical services after the attempted suicide and (IV) the repetition patterns of attempted suicide within 12 months following the index (baseline) suicide attempt as well as the timing of the repetition. LÄS MER