Search for dissertations about: "GROUP-SIZE"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the word GROUP-SIZE.

  2. 1. Incentives in Education and Moral Behavior in Groups

    Author : Pol Campos-Mercade; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Field experiment; Academic performance; Threshold incentives; Lab experiment; Moral action; Group size; Bystander effect; Volunteer s dilemma; Social preferences;

    Abstract : This thesis uses field experiments, lab experiments, and theory to study questions that are relevant to the fields of education and behavioral economics.The first paper, Threshold Incentives and Academic Performance, begins with the observation that students often face incentives to reach performance thresholds. READ MORE

  4. 2. Participatory Governance and Public Service Provision

    Author : Serena Cocciolo; Jakob Svensson; Anna Tompsett; Ingvild Almås; Michelle Brock; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community-Driven Development; Participatory development; Community decision-making; Participation; Safe water; Preferences; Beliefs; Policy design; Impact evaluation; Field experiment; Lab-in-the-field experiment; Randomized Controlled Trial; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : How do Community Contribution Requirements Affect Local Public Good Provision? Experimental Evidence from Safe Water Sources in Bangladesh We exploit the random assignment of communities selected to receive a safe drinking water program to various contribution requirements: cash, labor or no requirement to contribute. Imposing a cash contribution requirement greatly decreases program take-up, while imposing a labour contribution does not. READ MORE

  5. 3. Social below ground : Life-history and gut microbiome of Damaraland mole-rats

    Author : Hanna Bensch; Markus Zöttl; Jonas Waldenström; Daniel Lundin; Sarah Knowles; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Biology; Evolutionsbiologi; Ecology; Ekologi;

    Abstract : Studying the consequences of variation in individual life-histories is vital for our understanding of the evolution of animal societies. In this thesis, I study the ecology and consequences of group living on growth, survival, reproduction, and the gut microbiome of the Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis), a subterranean cooperatively breeding mammal. READ MORE

  6. 4. Causes and Consequences of Impulsivity in Red Junglefowl

    Author : Laura Garnham; Hanne Lovlie; Per Jensen; Neeltje Boogert; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Behaviour; Cognition; Gallus gallus; Impulsivity; Inhibitory control; Red junglefowl;

    Abstract : Throughout the animal kingdom, animals vary in cognition (i.e., how they acquire, process, store, and act on environmental information). Yet, the causes and consequences of this variation are currently unclear. READ MORE

  7. 5. Adaptive body regulation in the life history of birds

    Author : Johan Lind; Theunis Piersma; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ethology and behavioural ecology; Etologi och beteendeekologi; etologi; Ethology;

    Abstract : Birds have been flying on this Earth for around 150 million years and in response to fluctuating environments birds have evolved flexible body regulation. This thesis has investigated costs and adaptations in bird body regulation in different life history stages, namely moult and migration. READ MORE