Search for dissertations about: "savings"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 535 swedish dissertations containing the word savings.
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1. Essays on Savings Behavior, Inflation Measurement, and Growth
Abstract : The Impact of Pension Reform on Household Income and Savings: A Quantitative Analysis of the Swedish CaseIncreases in life expectancy cause challenges for defined benefit pension systems. Sweden is one of few countries having undertaken a major reform aimed at creating a financially sustainable pension system. READ MORE
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2. Insuring Against Unemployment
Abstract : This paper studies optimal public unemployment insurance (UI) when workers have the possibility of topping-up public UI with private UI that is endogenous to public UI and subject to moral hazard. The issue is analyzed with a theoretical model in which publicly insured workers, who differ in layoff risk, hidden to the planner, are offered to top-up public UI with private UI. READ MORE
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3. Borders and Barriers : Studies on Migration and Integration in the Nordic and Mexico-U.S. Settings
Abstract : International migration engages large numbers of people. Men, women and children break up from their homes and move to another country temporarily or permanently. READ MORE
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4. The open absorption system : energy savings in different applications
Abstract : The open absorption system is a technique that makes it possible to recover energy in different processes using moist air. In most applications the latent heat in moist air is difficult to recover because of the low temperature. Processes using outdoor air to carry away moisture therefore have high energy demands. READ MORE
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5. Energy savings for petroleum processing : Using mathematical models, optimal control and diagnostics
Abstract : Petroleum products are widely used as an energy supply, and the total production capacity of petroleum refineries is quite high. In this thesis, an energy intensive refinery process, hydroprocessing, is selected and evaluated in terms of its energy loss contributors. Digital solutions are discussed and demonstrated to reduce losses. READ MORE