Search for dissertations about: "Frida Rudolphi"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Frida Rudolphi.
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1. Inequality in Educational Outcomes : How Aspirations, Performance, and Choice Shape School Careers in Sweden
Abstract : This thesis examines different aspects of educational inequalities, drawing on the notion that inequality in educational attainment depends on two separate mechanisms: that children from advantaged social backgrounds perform better at school (primary effects) and tend more than others to choose to continue in education given performance (secondary effects). Study I shows that the long-term decrease in social class inequality in the transition from compulsory to academic upper secondary education since the middle of the mid-20th century up to the late 1990s, seems to be related to both declining primary and secondary effects. READ MORE
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2. Tribological Aspects of Pneumatic Clutch Actuators
Abstract : A clutch actuator is used in a vehicle to transmit movement and force from the clutch pedal to the release bearing of the clutch. A pneumatic clutch actuator consists of an anodised aluminium cylinder, inside of which a piston, with a rubber lip seal and a PTFE guiding ring, slides. The system is lubricated with silicone grease before assembly. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Family Dynamics : Partnering, Fertility and Divorce in Sweden
Abstract : Diversity in household and family structures poses interesting questions for scientific inquiry. What accounts for patterns of reproduction, partnering, household formation and household dissolution? This dissertation investigates facets of this question in the context of modern Sweden from a longitudinal and individual level perspective. READ MORE