Search for dissertations about: "household work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 174 swedish dissertations containing the words household work.

2. 1. According to need? : Predicting use of formal and informal care in a Swedish urban elderly population

   Author : Kristina Larsson; Mats Thorslund; Marta Szebehely; Svein Olav Daatland; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; home-based care; community-based services; predicting use of eldercare; home-help services; informal care; institutionalization; dementia; depression; Social work; Socialt arbete;

   Abstract : This dissertation studies factors that predict use of public eldercare, informal care, and purchase of private services in relation to an individual’s needs, social network characteristics, and sociodemographic factors. A further purpose is to examine whether use of public eldercare is correlated to receipt of informal care and purchase of private services in the Swedish welfare state. READ MORE

4. 2. Conflict and concord in work and family : Family policies and individuals' subjective experiences

   Author : Ida Öun; Stefan Svallfors; Maria Charles; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Work-family conflict; role expansion; family policy; gender; class; dual-earner families; household work; perceptions of fairness;

   Abstract : Background This thesis explores the relationship between individuals’ subjective experiences and the welfare state setting. The research questions in focus deal with the outcomes of women’s and men’s increasing dual roles in work and family in contemporary welfare states. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Household Behavior and Time-Use

   Author : Daniel Hallberg; Daniel S. Hamermesh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Time-use; Household behavior; Slutsky matrix; Income-pooling; Household labor supply; Child care; Family economics; Simultaneous equation system; Process benefits; Synchronous leisure; Working hours; Togetherness; Statistical matching; Aggregation bias; House price; Volume of trade; Search; Nationalekonomi; Tidsanvändning; Hushållsbeteende; Slutsky matris; Inkomstsammanslagning; Hushållets arbetsutbud; Barnomsorg; Familjeekonomi; Simultana ekvationssystem; Aktivitetsnytta; Samtidig fritid; Arbetstider; Samhörighet; Statistisk matching; Aggregeringsbias; Huspriser; Omsättningsvolym; Sökning.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Essay 1 studies the household's decision to supply labor and tests if the so-called unitary model holds. What is subject to a test is the resulting symmetry of the Slutsky matrix, i.e., that the compensated cross-wage effects are equal. READ MORE

6. 4. Fathers and family work in two cultures : antecedents and concomitants of father's participation in child care and household work

   Author : Karin Sandqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Könsroller;

   Abstract : Diss. Stockholm : Univ... READ MORE

7. 5. About Child Poverty – A Bangladesh's Perspective

   Author : Syeda Shahanara Begum; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child poverty; Bangladesh; Education; Multidimensional deprvation; Intergenerational transmission of poverty; Public services; Corruption; Economic growth; Income inequality; Grounded theory approach;

   Abstract : Taking child poverty into account as an enormous concern on the pathway to human development, the present dissertation aims to examine child poverty’s extent and characteristics, poor children’s views on this issue and their policy recommendation to reduce it. The research questions are: 1) what are the extent and characteristics of child poverty in Bangladesh? 2) What is child poverty? Why and how do children experience it? 3 (a) To what extent and in what respect does child poverty differ between Bangladesh and China? 3 (b) What are the reasons for the differences in child poverty over time between the two countries? 4 ) What is needed to reduce child poverty in Bangladesh according to its principal victims? The present dissertation is based on research mainly with young children aged up to 14 years. READ MORE