Sökning: "income security"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 79 avhandlingar innehållade orden income security.

  1. 16. Child nutrition in rural Nicaragua : Population-based studies in a transitional society

    Författare :Mariela Contreras; Eva-Charlotte Ekström; Anders Hjern; Christel Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :autonomy; education; feeding practices; food security; nutritional status; social support; Nutrition; Nutrition;

    Sammanfattning : Emerging favourable as well as unfavourable nutrition patterns are observed in societies undergoing rapid social and economic change. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the associations between household and maternal resources and infant and young child feeding habits and nutritional status in rural Nicaragua, a low-income transitional society. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Role of information technology on documentation and security of medical data

    Författare :Faramarz Pourasghar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Information technology (IT) is increasingly used in medicine, mainly for processing medical data. Understanding how IT affects the documentation and security of medical data and how users adapt IT systems can help to improve the quality of medical data and consequently the quality of medical care. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Post-Harvest Losses, Intimate Partner Violence and Food Security in Tanzania

    Författare :Martin Julius Chegere; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; post-harvest losses; intimate partner violence; hermetic bags; training; post-harvest handling pratices; randomised controlled trial; cost-benefit analysis;

    Sammanfattning : High levels of food losses occurring after harvesting offset the effort to increase food production. This situation increases the risk of food insecurity and low incomes among smallholder farmers. LÄS MER

  5. 19. The impact of social security compensation inequality on earnings distribution due to sickness and disability

    Författare :Jahangir Khan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Compensations; earnings; gender; macroeconomic condition; inequality redistribution; sickness and disability insurance; social security regulations; typology.;

    Sammanfattning : One of the main purposes of social security systems is to compensate for loss of earnings during periods of sickness and disability. Of interest is therefore the extent to which such compensation reduces earnings inequality. The aim of the thesis is two-fold. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Insurances against job loss and disability : Private and public interventions and their effects on job search and labor supply

    Författare :Josefine Andersson; Anders Forslund; Stefan Eriksson; Michael Rosholm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment Security Agreements; job search assistance; job loss; notification; lump-sum severance grant; liquidity effect; disability insurance; financial incentives; continuous deduction; regression discontinuity design; propensity score matching; nearest neighbor matching; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: Employment Security Agreements, which are elements of Swedish collective agreements, offer a unique opportunity to study very early job search counselling of displaced workers. These agreements provide individual job search assistance to workers who are dismissed due to redundancy, often as early as during the period of notice. LÄS MER