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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden intergenerational transmission.

1. 6. Essays on Educational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility

   Författare :Martin Nybom; Anders Björklund; Markus Jäntti; Mikael Lindahl; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; educational choice; treatment effect heterogeneity; returns to college; noncognitive ability; intergenerational income mobility; life-cycle bias; time trends; cross-country differences; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. The first essay concerns educational choice and the returns to college in Sweden. I apply a recently introduced econometric framework that allows for self selection and treatment effect heterogeneity. LÄS MER

3. 7. Multigenerational Processes in Demography

   Författare :Martin Kolk; Gunnar Andersson; Juho Härkönen; Michael Murphy; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; demography; kinship; intergenerational transmission; multigenerational demography; fertility; grandparents; Sweden; distance; cultural evolution; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Sammanfattning : Contemporary social science research has often focused on nuclear family relationships, and has largely neglected kinship and family outside the nuclear household. In this doctoral thesis I explore demographic issues from a multigenerational perspective, using Swedish register data and mathematical modeling. LÄS MER

4. 8. Essays on Environmental and Behavioral Economics

   Författare :Tewodros Tesemma; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Policy; Fuel-efficient Vehicles; Power Outages; Intergenerational Transmission; Positional Concerns; Institutional Trust; Trust Game;

   Sammanfattning : As developing countries strive to attain rapid economic growth and thereby reduce poverty, the ensuing climate change crisis is making it necessary for these countries to achieve the targeted economic growth through low-carbon footprint. This thesis investigates the roles of economic agents and their interactions in tackling the twin challenges of poverty reduction and climate change. LÄS MER

5. 9. Essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply

   Författare :Lina Andersson; Mats Hammarstedt; Eskil Wadensjö; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-employment; Intergenerational transmission; Immigrants; Labour supply; Labour force participation; Policy evaluation; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This licentiate’s thesis consists of two essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply.The first essay (co-author Mats Hammarstedt), Intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment: Evidence from three generations, reviews intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment over three generations. LÄS MER

7. 10. Essays on Inequality and Social Policy : Education, Crime and Health

   Författare :Susan Niknami; Eskil Wadensjö; Anders Stenberg; Miles Corak; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alcohol laws; Crime; Delinquency; Education; Health; Immigrants; Income inequality; Intergenerational Transmission; Relative Income Differences; Substance use; Quasi-experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four empirical essays. The first essay evaluates the impact on crime of a large scale experimental scheme in which all state monopoly alcohol stores in selected Swedish counties kept open on Saturdays. We show that the experiment significantly raised both alcohol sales and crime. LÄS MER