Sökning: "institutional childcare"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden institutional childcare.
1. Essays in Swedish Family Policy
Sammanfattning : Parental Leave Quotas: Peer Effects and Workplace Related CostsIn this paper, I estimate whether the introduction and expansion of parental leave quotas in Sweden triggered spillovers at the workplace level. Using a regression discontinuity design, I find that the introduction of the quota did not affect the uptake of parental leave of male coworkers. LÄS MER
2. On Voyage with Cristóvão Colombo : The Privatization of Catholic Orphan Care in São Paulo City, 1892-1922
Sammanfattning : In 1890, the military overthrew the monarchy, separated the Church from the State, and installed a Federal Republic in Brazil. The decentralization of political powers enhanced the abilities of each federal state to shape its own politics of childhood. LÄS MER
3. Institutional fragmentation and social service variations : A Scandinavian comparison
Sammanfattning : The Scandinavian welfare states – Denmark, Norway, and Sweden – are usually assumed to constitute a coherent and unique social service model, characterized among other things by a high level of universalism. This thesis questions the existence of such a model. LÄS MER
4. Maybe Baby? : Reproductive Behaviour, Fertility Intentions, and Family Policies in Post-communist Countries, with a Special Focus on Ukraine
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies different aspects of reproductive behaviour on the international, national, and local levels in post-communist countries. The main focus is Ukraine, where fertility rates are very low and the population is in severe decline. LÄS MER
5. Parental leave institutions in eighteen post-war welfare states
Sammanfattning : This study applies a macro-comparative and institutional approach to the study of incentive structures, determinants and outcomes of legislated parental leave benefits. Parental leave is defined as all benefits directed to mothers, fathers or both parents to facilitate parental childcare during the early post-natal period. LÄS MER