Search for dissertations about: "Helena Svaleryd"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Helena Svaleryd.
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1. Essays in finance, trade and politics
Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays in economics:Financial markets, industrial specialization and comparative advantage. Evidence from OECD countries. Due to underlying technological and organizational differences, industries differ in their need for external finance. READ MORE
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2. Incentives and Inequalities in Family and Working Life
Abstract : Essay I: Same-gender teachers may affect educational preferences by acting as role models for their students. I study the importance of the gender composition of teachers in math and science during lower secondary school on the likelihood to continue in math-intensive tracks in the next levels of education. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Families, Health Policy, and the Determinants of Children's Long-Term Outcomes
Abstract : Essay I: Divorce laws are known to influence family behavior, but empirical evidence of their effects on children remains scarce. I shed more light on this by investigating the effects of the Swedish divorce law reform of 1974, which liberalized the existing divorce laws and introduced a 6-month parental reconsideration period for divorce. READ MORE
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4. The (in)effectiveness of financial incentive on fertility behaviour : Childcare –a safety net for children?
Abstract : Is childcare a safety net for vulnerable children? This paper investigates the role of childcare for the health outcomes of children whose parents are unemployed. Exploiting time variation in childcare access resulting from a reform requiring Swedish municipalities to provide childcare also for children with unemployed parents, we estimate causal effects on health, as measured by register data on hospitalizations. READ MORE
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5. Family, Neighborhoods, and Health : Conditions for the Development of Human Capabilities
Abstract : Essay 1: We use data from a large sample of adoptees born in Sweden to decompose the intergenerational persistence in health inequality across generations into one pre-birth component, measured by the biological parents’ longevity, and one post-birth component, measured by the adopting parents’ longevity. We find that most of the health inequality is transmitted via pre-birth factors. READ MORE