Sökning: "welfare state in transition"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade orden welfare state in transition.
21. Spatial computable general equilibrium modelling : static and dynamic approaches
Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns both static and dynamic modeling in a spatial computable general equilibrium setting. First, we have applied a static framework for the assessment of economic impacts of the Öresund bridge. Secondly, we make an attempt to enhance the static framework through the introduction of economic dynamics. LÄS MER
22. Households' Responses to Policy in Labor and Credit Markets
Sammanfattning : Household Debt and Monetary Policy: Revealing the Cash-Flow Channel We examine the effect of monetary policy on spending when households hold debt linked to short-term rates, such as adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs). Using registry-based data, which is broadly representative of Swedish households, we find substantial heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in monetary policy. LÄS MER
23. Unequal tracks? Studies on work, retirement and health
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
24. Without mast, without sails, without compass : Non-traditional trajectories into higher education and the duality of the folk-market
Sammanfattning : In 1809, the trajectory of Swedish history and the identities associated with the country changed after Finland was lost to Russia. Swedish General von Döbeln explained that the loss left the nation "without mast, without sails, without compass." The research within this dissertation is not of war but of a similar sense of loss. LÄS MER
25. Public Access to Surgical Care. Studies on Timeliness, Capacity, Safety and Affordability
Sammanfattning : Background. A once commonly held belief was that surgery is too complicated, too expensive, and too ineffectively addressing a too minor proportion of the burden of disease to deserve priority in a setting of scarce healthcare resources in low- and middle-income countries. LÄS MER