Sökning: "propensity scores"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade orden propensity scores.

  1. 11. Family Background and Individual Achievement : Essays in Empirical Labour Economics

    Författare :Lena Lindahl; Anders Björklund; Matthew Lindquist; Øivind Anti Nilsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Siblings; income; family background; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : College choice and subsequent earnings. Results using Swedish sibling data. This paper investigates the relationship between college choice and annual earnings, using within-family variation in college choice. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Long-term follow-up after surgery for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

    Författare :Janica Kallonen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the treatment recommended for all operable patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The aim of this thesis was to evaluate long-term survival, quality of life (QoL) and functional status in patients with CTEPH who have undergone PEA. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Attempted suicide and shame

    Författare :Maria Wiklander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : A suicide attempt constitutes not only a risk factor for suicide, but also an expression of human suffering. As therapists, physicians and caring personnel we have an opportunity to reach out to this suffering individual and offer help. However, suicidal individuals often decline psychiatric follow-up or drop out of treatment prematurely. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Empirical essays on military service and the labour market

    Författare :Peter Bäckström; Gauthier Lanot; Niklas Hanes; Paul Bingley; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Military recruitment; military labour market; military veterans; peacekeeping; earnings; labour market marginalisation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers that study empirical questions related to military service and the labour market.Paper [I] studies the relationship between civilian labour market conditions and the number of people who volunteer for military service in Sweden. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Comprehensive assessment of device-based therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

    Författare :Benedikt Norbert Schrage; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Despite a recommendation by the European guidelines, the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is scarce. This might be explained by a lower risk of SCD in contemporary patients with HFrEF, so that the need for primary prevention ICD use in these patients has been questioned. LÄS MER