Search for dissertations about: "Disadvantage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 230 swedish dissertations containing the word Disadvantage.

2. 1. Essays on Economic Disadvantage : Criminal Justice, Gender and Social Mobility

   Author : Ulrika Ahrsjö; Mårten Palme; Susan Niknami; Julien Grenet; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor economics; Economic inequality; Criminal justice; Youth crime; Intergenerational mobility; Gender wage gap; In-group bias; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Youth Crime, Community Service and Labor Market OutcomesCan lifetime trajectories of youth offenders be improved through criminal justice policy? I evaluate the effects of a youth justice reform in Sweden that sharply increased the share of juveniles assigned to court-ordered community service --- i.e. unpaid, low-skilled work. READ MORE

4. 2. When the Kids Are Not Alright : Essays on Childhood Disadvantage and Its Consequences

   Author : Julia Boguslaw; Eskil Wadensjö; Matthew Lindquist; Jo Blanden; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; childhood disadvantage; social networks; education; disruptiveness; income poverty; immigrant children; aspirations; Sweden; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays on childhood disadvantage and its consequences in Sweden.A Longitudinal Look at Child Poverty Using Both Monetary and Non-monetary Approaches. In this paper, we broaden the analysis of child poverty by using both monetary and non-monetary measures of poverty and by comparing these over time. READ MORE

5. 3. Accumulation of disadvantage from adolescence to midlife : A 26-year follow-up study of 16-year old adolescents

   Author : Noora Berg; Taina Huurre; Ossi Rahkonen; Sakari Karvonen; Sari Fröjd; Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : There is a wide range of evidence that childhood conditions are associated with adult wellbeing and disadvantage. However, in many cases, there is still a lack of knowledge on how and why these associations are formed. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage : The Role of Prenatal Health and Fertility

   Author : André Richter; Markus Jäntti; Anders Björklund; Magnus Johannesson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four chapters on the role of prenatal health and fertility on the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. The first two are related, and the third and fourth chapters are independent essays. READ MORE

7. 5. Information and financial markets

   Author : Stefan Anchev; Jörgen Hellström; Rickard Olsson; Juha-Pekka Kallunki; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information; dissemination of information; production of private information; information disadvantage; investor base; stock return anomalies; stock price informativeness; quantity of firm disclosure; less sophisticated individual investors;

   Abstract : The results in this thesis are consistent with the hypotheses that: 1) the incomplete dissemination of information across investors helps in explaining the occurrence and the persistence of cross-sectional stock return anomalies, 2) the properties of the investor base of a stock have implications for the informativeness of the stock's price and 3) a greater quantity of firm disclosure places less sophisticated investors at an information disadvantage. Overall, the thesis provides new empirical evidence about the role of information in financial markets. READ MORE