Sökning: "inequity"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 38 avhandlingar innehållade ordet inequity.

  1. 6. Is College Science Teaching Women's Work? : Gender Inequity in the Physical Sciences

    Författare :Katherine Doerr; Catherine Riegle-Crumb; USA The University of Texas at Austin; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; work; teaching; science; Naturvetenskapernas didaktik; Science education;

    Sammanfattning : After decades of virtual exclusion from participation in STEM, women have majored in, earned graduate degrees in, and forged careers in male-dominated fields such as the physical sciences in increasing numbers. At each step of the way, however, women’s participation diminishes, and this is especially apparent in the workforce. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Yesterday once more? Unemployment and health inequalities across the life course in northern Sweden

    Författare :Anna Brydsten; Miguel San Sebastian; Anne Hammarström; Mattias Strandh; Per-Olof Östergren; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; unemployment; life course; long-term health consequences; health inequity; national unemployment rates; neighbourhood unemployment rates; northern Sweden; arbetslöshet; livslopp; långsiktiga hälsokonsekvenser; ojämlikhet i hälsa; nationella arbetslöshet; arbetslöshet i bostadsområdet; norra Sverige; folkhälsa; Public health; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; socialmedicin; Social Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : AbstractBackground. It is relatively well established in previous research that unemployment has direct health consequences in terms of mental and physical ill health. Recently, knowledge has emerged indicating that unemployment can lead to economic consequences that remain long after re-establishment in the labour market. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Access to health care for children in Amazonian Peru : focus on antibiotic use and resistance

    Författare :Charlotte Kristiansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :equitable access to health care; antibiotic use; health insurance; policy implementation; inequity; antibiotic resistance;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Infectious diseases remain a big problem in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Problems of access to adequate health care (including antibiotics) prevail despite the availability of many elaborate interventions. Antibiotic resistance further endangers access to effective infectious illness management. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Essays on contracts and social preferences

    Författare :Robertas Zubrickas; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the problems of optimal grading, employee performance evaluation by unaccountable managers, and the evolution of inequity-averse preferences. The purpose is to explain certain stylized facts related to these problems, and this is attempted with the help of contract-theoretic models. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Stated preference methods and empirical analyses of equity in health economics

    Författare :Peter Martinsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; contingent valuation; equity.; concentration index; Choice experiments; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation considers two different aspects of health economics; (i) stated preference methods and (ii) empirical analyses of equity. The first essay deals with the issue of the choice of econometric models when analysing data from a closed-ended contingent valuation survey in health economics. LÄS MER