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1. 6. Gender, health, the decisions we make and the actions we take

   Författare :Devon Spika; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gender; Health; Education; Inequality; Human capital; Field experiment; Gym attendance; Incentives; Commitment contract; Self-control; Books; Norms; Stereotypes; Children; Sweden; Mental health; Concentration index; RIF-Regression; Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises of four self-contained papers that use both experimental and applied micro-econometric methods to explore different aspects of gender, health, the decisions we make, and the actions we take. In the first paper we investigate changes in psychiatric diagnoses and their income-related inequalities over time in Sweden and attempt to disentangle the development by decomposing changes over time in terms of population-level changes in education and migration background. LÄS MER

3. 7. En riktig rektor : Om ledarskap, genus och skolkulturer

   Författare :Josefin Brüde Sundin; Glenn Hultman; Maria Sundqvist; Anders Persson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Culture; context; emotional structures; ethnography; gender; leadership; micro-politics; principal; principals’ work activity; school cultures; Skolledare; ledarskap; genus rektorer; genusaspekter; Education; Pedagogik;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the study is to show, from an ethnographic point of view, the what, why and how of events in the daily life of the principals studied. The ambition is to try to understand the meaning of being a principal and the complex situation in which they op-erate. LÄS MER

4. 8. Som folk är mest : Könsideal i svenska kontaktannonser 1890–1980

   Författare :Josefin Englund; Maria Ågren; Karin Hassan Jansson; Ulrika Holgersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gender ideals; Classifieds Personal ads; 20th century; Sweden; Welfare; State Everyday Life; Gender Contract; Breadwinner Ideal; Homemaker Ideal; Parenting; Body ideals; Leisure and Gender; Personal interests and qualifications; Historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates 5,000 descriptions of men and women in search for a life partner of the opposite sex through classifieds 1890-1980. The advertisers’ descriptions of who they are and what they want sketches a picture of the expectations everyday people have had on how men and women should be over almost a hundred years. LÄS MER

5. 9. "At Least There is Something!" : Strategic decision-making by female farmers in Western Kenya

   Författare :Helen Nyberg; Mats Widgren; Peter Kinlund; Anders Närman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Western Kenya; Luo; Luhya; female farmers; gender system; gender contract; intensification of agriculture; diversification of agriculture; diversification of economic sources; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : In rural sub-Saharan Africa women are often described as the most important farmers, producing the bulk of subsistence food. In this study it is shown that female farmers in the four visited villages of Western Kenya are much more than farmers. LÄS MER

7. 10. Vulnerable daughters in times of change: Emerging contexts of discrimination in Himachal Pradesh, India

   Författare :Mattias Larsen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; daughter discrimination; sex-selective abortions; gender; development; intergenerational contract; dowry; context; structural change; uncertainty;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the widespread problem in India of using sex selective abortions to discriminate against daughters. Girls are aborted on a massive scale simply because they are girls. A point of departure is the fact that the problem has become prevalent at a time of considerable social and economic change. LÄS MER