Search for dissertations about: "dissertations 2009"

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2. 1. Educational Choice and Labor Market Outcomes : Essays in Empirical Labor Economics

   Author : Marie Gartell; Mårten Palme; Anders Forslund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Linked employer-employee data; job and worker flows; Higher education; State dependence; College choice; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The Importance of Education for the Reallocation of Labor: Evidence from Swedish Linked Employer-Employee Data 1986-2002 Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy over a uniquely long time period from 1986 to 2002, we examine how job flows and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educa­tional levels. We find that job and worker flows vary by educational level, not only with respect to magnitude and variation, but with respect to direction as well. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Growth Econometrics and Endogenous Information

   Author : Tobias Heinrich; John Hassler; José Vicente Rodríguez Mora; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Distinguishability; Observational equivalence; Cointegration; Similarity-Based Expectation Formation; Case-Based Decision Theory; Information Gathering; Discrimination; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : On Testing the Relationship between Human Capital and Economic Growth This paper investigates existing methodologies for testing the so-called Nelson-Phelps approach versus the Lucas approach. The paper shows that one cannot distinguish between these approaches using the existing methodologies. READ MORE

5. 3. Studies of the relationship between aid and trade and the fiscal implications of emigration and HIV/AIDS interventions

   Author : Lars M. Johansson; Harry Flam; Kjetil Storesletten; Björn Gustafson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three studies; two on fiscal effects of demographic change and one on the correlation between international aid and trade flows.  Fiscal Implications of Emigration. This study examines the fiscal effects of emigration. A dynamic macroeconomic framework is used. READ MORE

6. 4. Plant-Derived Substances and Cardiovascular Diseases : Effects of Flavonoids, Terpenes and Sterols on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme and Nitric Oxide

   Author : Ingrid Persson; Rolf G.G. Andersson; Lars Bohlin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Diet has for many years been known to play a key role in the development of chronic diseases. There are clear associations between consumption of vegetables, fruits and berries, and risk of cardiovascular diseases, the number one cause of death in the world. READ MORE

7. 5. The Macroeconomics of the Term Structure of Interest Rates

   Author : Paolo Zagaglia; Matthew Lindquist; Refet S. Gurkaynak; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; term structure of interest rates; monetary policy; money market; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. "The Term Structure of Interest Rates and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism" This paper provides empirical evidence that the term structure of interest rates is an integral part of the monetary transmission mechanism. READ MORE