Search for dissertations about: "cross-national comparative studies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words cross-national comparative studies.
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1. Model building in comparative education : applications of the LISREL method to cross-national survey data
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2. Equal opportunities? : a cross-national comparison of immigrant organisations in Sweden and Italy
Abstract : Abstract This thesis concerns the role played by immigrant organisations today. It focuses on the way in which the national context and especially the corporative, social welfare, and integration systems affect such roles. READ MORE
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3. Why Work? : Comparative Studies on Welfare Regimes and Individuals' Work Orientations
Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may have structured individuals’ work orientations into cross-national patterns by the late 1990s and early 2000s. Three different aspects of work orientations are considered in the three studies. READ MORE
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4. LIFE SATISFACTION AND FEELING HINDERED BY HEALTH PROBLEMS AT 60 YEARS AND ABOVE
Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to investigate how older people's capacity to perform activities of daily living (ADL), health, social and financial resources, and self-esteem can be related to their life satisfaction. The aim was also to investigate how people feel hindered by health problems in relation to their ADL capacity, health problems, social and financial resources, self-esteem, sense of coherence, and life satisfaction. READ MORE
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5. Structured by gender : patterns of sex segregation in the Swedish labour market : historical and cross-national comparisons
Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to study changes in the level of sex segregation in the Swedish labour market during the 20th century.The thesis includes four empirical chapters. Chapter 2 studies trends in sex segregation by industry and market position in the Swedish labour market between 1890 and 1990. READ MORE