Search for dissertations about: "individual heterogeneity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the words individual heterogeneity.

  2. 1. Equality of opportunity, heterogeneity and poverty

    University dissertation from Umeå : Nationalekonomi

    Author : William Nilsson; Umeå universitet.; [2005]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Equality of opportunity; Semiparametric; Poverty; Heterogeneity; State dependence; Twins; Unemployment; Divorce; Spousal response; Selection; Panel data; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Paper [I] studies equality of opportunity in Sweden. The distinction between circumstances that constrain an individual’s opportunities and the individual choices also affecting a particular outcome is the main idea of theories of equality of opportunity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Alternative employment and well-being : Contract heterogeneity and differences among individuals

    University dissertation from Stockholm : Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Claudia Bernhard-Oettel; Stockholms universitet.; [2008]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Employment contract; temporary work; part-time work; individual characteristics; contract motives; work involvement; job characteristics; work-related attitudes; well-being; health; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : The increasing use of temporary and part-time employment in recent decades was initially expected to lead to negative effects for the individual. The empirical evidence, however, has been equivocal and the consequences are therefore still unclear. READ MORE

  5. 3. A longitudinal study of cognitive changes after surgical treatment for epilepsy

    University dissertation from Stockholm : Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Elisabeth Engman; Göteborgs universitet.; University of Gothenburg.; [2004]
    Keywords : MEDICIN; MEDICINE; Epilepsy surgery; general neurocognitive status; memory; group change; individual heterogeneity;

    Abstract : Epilepsy surgery is a valuable therapeutic option for some patients with pharmaco-resistant partial epilepsy, but resection of cortical tissue carries a risk of creating or worsening a dysfunction. Therefore pre-and postoperative levels of cognitive function are systematically monitored in epilepsy surgery programs. READ MORE

  6. 4. Experimental and Modelling Studies on the Spreading of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids in Heterogeneous Media

    University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis

    Author : Fritjof Fagerlund; Uppsala universitet.; [2006]
    Keywords : Hydrology; NAPL; Multi-phase flow; Modelling; Experiment design; Heterogeneity; Constitutive relations; Multi-constituent contaminants; Capillary pressure; Relative permeability; Hysteresis; Hydrologi;

    Abstract : Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (NAPLs) include commonly occurring organic contaminants such as gasoline, diesel fuel and chlorinated solvents. When released to subsurface environments their spreading is a complex process of multi-component, multi-phase flow. READ MORE

  7. 5. Groundwater Recharge in Crystalline Bedrock : Processes, Estimation, and Modelling

    University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis

    Author : Niclas Bockgård; Uppsala universitet.; [2004]
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Hydrology; groundwater recharge; bedrock; crystalline rocks; tracers; CFC; surface loading; loading efficiency; barometric effect; heterogeneity; stochastic modelling; Hydrologi;

    Abstract : Kunskap om grundvattenbildningen är nödvändig för att man ska kunna förutsäga konsekvenserna av grundvattenuttag och underjordsbyggande. Grundvattenbildningen i berggrunden är dock svår att uppskatta. READ MORE