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1. 1. Home, Job and Space : Mapping and Modeling the Labor Market

   Författare :John Östh; Bo Malmberg; Lena Magnusson; Stewart Fotheringham; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Social and economic geography; GIS; ELMO; Estimated Labor Market Outcome; Estimated Labour Market Outcome; Accessibility; Access; Job Accessibility; Place; Employment; Unemployment; Labour; Labor; Labor Market; Labour Market; Topology; Local Labour Market Area; Modelling; Modeling; Spatial Modelling; Spatial Modeling; Spatial Mismatch; SMH; Mismatch; Commuting; Regionalization; Geography; Population Geography; Economic Geography; Time-geography; Space; Kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : How does space affect individuals’ outcome on the labor market? And how do we measure it? Beyond the notion of the labor market as a system of supply and demand, lays a society of individuals and workplaces, whose relationships are undeniably complex. This thesis aims to shed some new light on how to investigate and analyze the complex labor market relationships from a spatial perspective. LÄS MER

3. 2. Divisive connections: Theory and tools for the quantification of barrier effects in transport infrastructure projects

   Författare :Job van Eldijk; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; impact assessment; decision support; transport infrastructure; barrier effects; severance;

   Sammanfattning : Transport infrastructure increases regional accessibility but at the same time it creates barriers that reduce local accessibility. These barriers reduce social contacts between people, and limit access to services and leisure. LÄS MER

4. 3. Higher Education and the Labor Market : A Study of University Access and Graduate Employment Opportunities in Nigera

   Författare :Ejiaga Romanus; Vinayagum Chinapah; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; university access; labor market; job opportunity; employment; business administration; admissions; occupation; graduate output; quota system; Nigeria; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines problems of access to university education and graduate employment opportunities in Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigates issues of equality of opportunity in university education, quotas in admissions, geographical dispersion of higher educational institutions, student finance, university resources, student characteristics, university output, and the transition of graduates to the labor market. LÄS MER

5. 4. Upper Secondary Education: Access, Choices and Graduation

   Författare :Vivika Halapuu; Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Sandra McNally; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary education; Vocational education; Access to education; School choice; Skill inputs; High school performance; Graduation standards; School-to-work transition; Job match quality; Disability insurance; Education policy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Essay I: We study how Swedish high school students match with programs given their skill endowments at the time of choosing. Using detailed administrative data on high school admissions and earlier school achievement, we construct a multidimensional measure of program match quality, reflecting the extent to which students select into programs with skill requirements that align with their skill portfolio. LÄS MER

7. 5. Essays on Urban Economics

   Författare :Ina Blind; Matz Dahlberg; Olof Åslund; Christine Whitehead; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure investment; commuting; job access; public transit; labor market outcomes; migration; residential sorting; residential segregation; housing mix; tenure type mix; mosques; call to prayer; house prices; neighborhood dynamics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Olof Åslund and Matz Dahlberg): In this essay we investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. LÄS MER