Sökning: "unequal status"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden unequal status.

  1. 1. Understanding unequal outcomes : Studies on gender, social status and foreignness

    Författare :Emma von Essen; Astri Muren; Magnus Johannesson; Lise Vesterlund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; individual preferences; discrimination; gender; status; foreignness; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : In economics there are two main domains of explanation for understanding unequal outcomes. The first considers differences in individual preferences, while the second concerns differences in how individuals are treated.Part I of the thesis comprises four articles pertaining to the first explanation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Social status : a state of mind?

    Författare :Johanna Lundberg; Margareta Kristenson; Jon Ivar Elstad; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with social stratification of psychosocial factors and social position measurement in population samples collected in mid-Sweden 2000-2006. Traditional resource-based measures of social position (occupation, education) and so far less explored prestige-based measures (subjective status, status incongruence) are tested with respect to their associations with psychosocial factors, emotions, and selfrated health. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Do the Ends Justify the Means? : On the Justifiability of Statistical Discrimination

    Författare :Viktor Elm-Schulin; Eva Erman; Erik Angner; Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; discrimination; statistical discrimination; profiling; justification; ex-ante; contractualism; consequentialism; demeaning treatment; social meaning; unequal status; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : While statistical discrimination comes with similar objections as other types of discrimination it may also lead to a number of beneficial and important consequences, thereby leaving us with conflicting intuitions regarding the right course of action. This study investigates whether there is any superior account of statistical discrimination that can explain when and why such a practice can be defended; i. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Unequal tracks? Studies on work, retirement and health

    Författare :Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: In Sweden, the proportion of people aged 65 and older has doubled since 1950, and is projected to continue to increase. The increased longevity and proportion of older people in the population pose a challenge for financing and maintaining of the welfare, social security and pension systems. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Segregation och karriärposition : En studie av bostadsomgivningens betydelse för utbildning, sysselsättning och inkomst bland yngre i stockholmsregionen

    Författare :Petra Sundlöf; Roger Andersson; Urban Fransson; Bo Malmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Social and economic geography; residential segregation; neighbourhood effects; social context; socioeconomic career; socialization; education; employment status; labour income; welfare; Stockholm; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with questions about residential segregation and its consequences for the life chances and socio-economic development of individuals. The aim is to investigate if the social composition of the neighbourhood has effects upon the careers of individuals who have lived there as adolescents. LÄS MER