Sökning: "family size"

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  1. 16. Effects of family configuration on cognitive functions and health across the adult life span

    Författare :Sara Holmgren; Bo Molander; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Annika Melinder; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sibship size; birth order; intelligence; executive functioning; episodic memory; health; diseases; adulthood; old; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines whether childhood family configuration influences performance on cognitive functions and health in adulthood and old age. All studies examined participants in the Betula Prospective Cohort Study aged 35 to 85 years (Nilsson et al., 1997). LÄS MER

  3. 17. Family matters : Essays in Applied Microeconomics

    Författare :Sara Mikkelsen; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Portfolio choice; Wealth; Children; Fertility; Consumption; Mobility; Paternity leave; Gender; Education; STEM; Sex composition; Twins; Income;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers in applied microeconomics with family as a common theme. The first paper documents how the financial portfolios of parents change in response to the birth of a child. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Essays in education and family economics

    Författare :Krzysztof Karbownik; Björn Öckert; Erik Plug; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; teacher mobility; labor supply; gender preferences; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1: This paper examines the determinants of teacher turnover using matched employee-employer panel data from Swedish lower and upper secondary schools in a market-oriented institutional environment with a growing private sector and individually negotiated wages. I find statistically significant and robust negative correlations between mobility and monetary compensations. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Pregnancy weight gain : family studies on the effects on offspring's body size and blood pressure

    Författare :Elina Scheers Andersson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Increasing maternal weight gain during pregnancy, gestational weight gain (GWG), is associated with several adverse outcomes in the child, e.g. high birth weight, childhood overweight and obesity, as well as adult blood pressure (BP). LÄS MER

  7. 20. Cellular Studies of HER-family Specific Affibody Molecules

    Författare :Lovisa Göstring; Lars Gedda; Jörgen Carlsson; Fredrik Frejd; Håkan Hedman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :EGFR; HER2; HER3; Affibody; internalisation; tumour targeting; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : The human epidermal growth-factor like receptor (HER) family of receptor tyrosine kinases are important targets for cancer therapy. The family consists of four members - EGFR, HER2, HER3 and HER4 - that normally transfer stimulatory signals from extracellular growth factors to the intracellular signalling network. LÄS MER