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  1. 21. From Cradle to Grave : Empirical Essays on Health and Economic Outcomes

    Författare :Elvira Andersson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; health; mental health; human capital; children; visual impairment; earnings; employment; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; sickness absence; day care; mortality; consumption; liquidity constraints; permanent income hypothesis; health; mental health; children; visual impairment; employment; earnings; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; day care; sickness absence; mortality; liquidity constraints; consumption; permanent income hypothesis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contains four independent research papers, which investigate the causal relations between several aspects of health and economic outcomes at different stages of the life course. The first paper investigates the causal effects of maternal deprivation and maltreatment during various periods of childhood on adolescent health and human capital. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Gender, health, the decisions we make and the actions we take

    Författare :Devon Spika; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gender; Health; Education; Inequality; Human capital; Field experiment; Gym attendance; Incentives; Commitment contract; Self-control; Books; Norms; Stereotypes; Children; Sweden; Mental health; Concentration index; RIF-Regression; Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises of four self-contained papers that use both experimental and applied micro-econometric methods to explore different aspects of gender, health, the decisions we make, and the actions we take. In the first paper we investigate changes in psychiatric diagnoses and their income-related inequalities over time in Sweden and attempt to disentangle the development by decomposing changes over time in terms of population-level changes in education and migration background. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Mellan sakfrågorna, det är där man hittar mervärdet : Politikers och tjänstemäns lärande i arbetet med barns och ungas inflytande

    Författare :Lisa Hedman; Emma Sorbring; Annika Theodorsson; Erik Andersson; Högskolan Väst; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children and young people’s influence; Politicians’ and civil servants’; municipal work; knowledge sharing; Barns och ungas inflytande; Politiker och Tjänstemän; kommunalt arbete; kunskapsdelning; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande;

    Sammanfattning : IntroductionHow we can increase children’s opportunities to participate and influence society is a highly topical issue. Against the background of a reduced commitment to political participation and a reduced trust in politicians (see e.g. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Aspirations, Capital and Identity : Four studies on the determinants of life chances for young Swedes with an immigrant background

    Författare :Gökhan Kaya; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aspirations; capital; identity; immigrants; young people; aspirationer; kapital; identitet; invandrare; ungdomar;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation examines the determinants of life chances among young people with immigrant background in Sweden. The dissertation includes four research papers, each examining a specific research question on a determinant of life chances. LÄS MER

  7. 25. From exclusion to inclusion : Young people’s trajectories from home to street to reintegration in the Kagera region, Tanzania

    Författare :Jeanette Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reintegration; children on the streets; child domestic workers; orphans; agency; resilience; social capital; life course perspective; Tanzania;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines what causes children and young people to leave their homes, how they experience their situation on the streets and as domestic workers, and what facilitates them to reintegrate into their local community. A mixed methods approach was used, combining both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. LÄS MER