Sökning: "transitions in old age"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden transitions in old age.
1. Inequalities in life and death : Income and mortality in an ageing population
Sammanfattning : Income serves as an indicator of success relative to others, and provides individuals with resources that strengthen their capability to face challenges and benefit from opportunities. Out of all social determinants of health, income is one of the strongest predictors of health outcomes. LÄS MER
2. Work, wealth, and well-being : Essays in macroeconomics
Sammanfattning : Structural transformation of the labor market and the aggregate economyWomen's increased involvement in the economy has been the most significant change in labor markets during the past century. In this paper, I account for this period of structural change of the labor market in a macroeconomic model, and study how the increase in female labor force participation has affected the economy's response to aggregate shocks. LÄS MER
3. Understanding the meaning of past, present and future in advanced age : very old persons’ experiences of ageing
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to understand elderly people's lived experiences of ageing and their life situation in very old age. The participating persons have been involved in and followed through all studies in the thesis. LÄS MER
4. Depression and chronic diseases in old age : understanding their interplay for better health
Sammanfattning : Late-life depression is intricately linked with somatic diseases. This thesis aimed to systematically explore this complex interplay. LÄS MER
5. Worse than Complex
Sammanfattning : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. LÄS MER