Search for dissertations about: "multilevel model"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words multilevel model.

  2. 1. Voters' Perceptions of Party Politics - A Multilevel Approach

    Author : Stefan Dahlberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Policy representation; voter perceptions; voting behavior; left-right ideology; perceptual agreement; political parties; party systems; electoral systems; institutions; multilevel;

    Abstract : Modern representative democracies are often described as government by the consent of the governed rather than government by the people. Elections play a central role in this context and several theorists of modern democracy have struggled to determine the circumstances under which effective political representation can exist. READ MORE

  4. 2. A study of multilevel models with block circular  symmetric covariance structures

    Author : Yuli Liang; Tatjana von Rosen; Dietrich von Rosen; Abdullah Almasri; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Block circular symmetry; Covariance matrix; Explicit solution; Maximum likelihood estimator; Multilevel model; Spectrum; statistik; Statistics; Matematik;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the study of multilevel models with specific patterned covariance structures and addresses the issues of maximum likelihoodestimation. In particular, circular symmetric hierarchical datastructures are considered. READ MORE

  5. 3. A New Strategy for Performance Evaluation in the Case of Panel Data : Based on a Cross-Classified Multilevel Model

    Author : Joel Karlsson; Ghazi Shukur; Håkan Locking; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  6. 4. Issues of Complex Hierarchical Data and Multilevel Analysis : Applications in Empirical Economics

    Author : Joel Karlsson; Ghazi Shukur; Håkan Locking; Scott Hacker; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Multilevel modelling; Hierarchical modelling; Single farm payments; Part-time unemployment; Educational attainment; Performance evaluation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four individual essays and an introduction chapter. The essays are in the field of multilevel analysis of economic data. The first essay estimates capitalisation effects of farm attributes, with a particular focus on single farm payments (SFP), into the price of farms. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on Social Capital, Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health A Health Economic Study

    Author : Kamrul Islam; Socialepidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; economic systems; economic theory; Economics; econometrics; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; epidemiologi; Folkhälsa; epidemiology; Public health; Sweden; Panel data fixed-effect model; Decomposition analysis; Concentration index; Socioeconomic health inequality; Population aging; Survival analysis; Extended Cox model; Multilevel analysis; Unbalanced panel data; Externalities; Crime rates; Election participation rates; Community social capital; Municipality-level social capital; Systematic review; Egalitarianism; Determinants of health; Mortality; Health-related quality of life; Health; Keywords; Social capital; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

    Abstract : The thesis comprises four independent research papers and a summary that focus on two related dimensions. The first dimension focuses on the understanding of the production of health. Particularly, the question is asked whether community's stock of social capital influence individual's health. READ MORE