Search for dissertations about: "earnings effects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 134 swedish dissertations containing the words earnings effects.

  2. 1. College choice and earnings among university graduates in Sweden

    Author : Kent Eliasson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; University enrollment; college choice; accessibility; earnings; ability; selection bias; propensity score matching; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three papers that examine college choice and earnings among university graduates in Sweden.Paper [I] analyzes how geographical accessibility to higher education affects university enrollment decisions in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Child Care and Higher Education

    Author : Linda Holmlund; Magnus Wikström; Niklas Hanes; Torberg Falch; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child care demand; subsidized child care; dual care provider model; local public expenditures; income taxation; college quality; earnings; selection on observables; university choice; earnings distribution; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether fathers influence the time their children spend in subsidized child care. Two non-nested models of family child care demand are estimated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Indirect effects of unemployment and low earnings : Crime and children's school performance

    Author : Anna Nilsson; Jonas Agell; Rudolf Winter-Ebmer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays that consider indirect effects of unemployment and low earnings on crime and children’s school performance. The first essay, Crime, unemployment and labor market programs in turbulent times (joint with Jonas Agell), investigates the effect of unemployment and participation in labor market programs, in general and among youth, on Swedish crime rates using a new panel data set for Swedish municipalities for the period 1996-2000. READ MORE

  6. 4. Education, Health, and Earnings – Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Young Adults

    Author : Ida Lovén; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Siblings; Family formation; Type 1 diabetes; Education; Earnings; Health;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four independent exploratory research papers contributing to the economic literature on child and adolescent health, and adult educational and labor market outcomes. Each paper considers type 1 diabetes and focuses on onset over a specific age span. READ MORE

  7. 5. Studies on the Determinants and Effects of Health, Inequality and Labour Supply: Micro and Macro Evidence

    Author : Ruth-Aïda Nahum; Thomas Lindh; Per-Anders Edin; Mårten Palme; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; baby boom; child health; cohort effects; earnings profiles; income inequality; labour supply; liquidity constraint; panel data; psychosocial health; regional economic growth; sickness absence; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Susanne Dahlberg) estimates cohort size effects on earnings profiles and further assesses whether these profiles are affected by the individuals' position in the baby boom. READ MORE