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  1. 6. Växelkurspolitik och marknadsintegration. De utländska växelkurserna i Sverige 1834-1880

    Författare :Håkan Lobell; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; 19th century Sweden.; specie standard; market integration; Foreign exchange policy; monetary history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the process of stabilisation of foreign exchange rates in Sweden between 1834 and 1880, a period in which foreign trade and the financial system underwent radical changes. Neither was the exchange rate policy static - although it changed within a stable framework of a specie standard. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Essays on Sickness Insurance, Absence Certification and Social Norms

    Författare :Margareta Dackehag; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; occupational physician; general practitioner; physician behaviour; working ability; sickness absence certification; sickness absence; sickness insurance; social insurance; incentives; social norms; Social policy; welfare; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Social economics; Social ekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and three essays, considering sickness insurance, social norms and absence certification. The first essay, Group-Specific Social Norms and Economic Incentives in a General Welfare System, investigates the interaction between economic incentives and social influences in a general welfare system. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Gåvan i Gnosjö – Företagares relationer i ett industriellt distrikt

    Författare :Glenn Sjöstrand; Sven-Åke Lindgren; Göran Brulin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrial district; economic sociology; new sociological institutionalism; gift-economy; flexibility; coordination; social capital; social control; norms of exchange.; Sociology; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : In the growing body of research on industrial districts, focus is usually on trying to explain the economic outcomes of the configuration of formal and informal economic and social organisations specific to these districts. A general way to explain the outcomes is by referring to the “culture” in which economic and social exchanges take place without specifying what culture means and what it is in culture that affects the economic outcomes. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Economic Decisions and Social Norms in Life and Death Situations

    Författare :Oscar Erixson; Henry Ohlsson; Mikael Elinder; Matthew Lindqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mortality; social norms; dicrimination; maritime disasters; altruism; estate division; wills; equal sharing; bequests motives; inheritances; windfall gains; tax reform; labor income; capital income; health; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1: (with Mikael Elinder) Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of “women and children first” (WCF) gives women a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters, and that captains and crew members give priority to passengers. We analyze a database of 18 maritime disasters spanning three centuries, covering the fate of over 15,000 individuals of more than 30 nationalities. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Mark är som barn - Genus, fattigdom, och försörjning i Södra Wollo, Etiopien : [with English summary: Our land is like our children - Gendered livelihood strategies in South Wollo, Ethiopia]

    Författare :Kristina Nässén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; gender; everyday practice; livelihood; exchange; female-headed households; subsistence farming; rural development; Ethiopian highlands; East Africa;

    Sammanfattning : This anthropological study examines the complexity and importance of gender relations for livelihood activities and it looks at the way in which female- headed agricultural households in the Ethiopian highlands cope in an area renowned for livelihood vulnerability, drought and famine. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork which was carried out in South Wollo for a year. LÄS MER