Search for dissertations about: "Household gender"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 132 swedish dissertations containing the words Household gender.

  2. 1. Facets of Gender : Analyses of the Family and the Labour Market

    Author : Marie Evertsson; Jan O. Jonsson; Paula England; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; housework; household work; gender equality; gender attitudes; dependence; labour market; children; family; on-the-job training; divorce; promotion; occupational change; division of work; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis contains four different studies on the dynamics of gender in households and workplaces. The relationship between family life and work life is in focus, particularly in the paper on labour market outcomes after divorce.In the introductory chapter, the Swedish context is briefly described. READ MORE

  4. 2. Health and the elusive gender equality : Can the impact of gender equality on health be measured?

    Author : Ann Sörlin; Ann Öhman; Lars Lindholm; Tuija Muhonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gender equality; health; gender gap; index; organizations; companies; couple relations; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Abstract : Background: All over the world men and women show different health patterns, and therecan be many and various reasons for these differences. This thesis therefore evaluates theimpact of gender equality on health. To do this, we must be able to measure gender equality. READ MORE

  5. 3. Job Insecurity and Its Consequences : Investigating Moderators, Mediators and Gender

    Author : Anne Richter; Katharina Näswall; Magnus Sverke; Claudia Bernhard-Oettel; Arla Day; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; qualitative job insecurity; quantitative job insecurity; coping; workload; job dependence; work centrality; gender; work–family conflict; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the relations between job insecurity and its consequences by addressing several specific research aims. The first research aim focused on expanding the range of job insecurity consequences by studying the relation between job insecurity and work–family conflict over time. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Development: Household Income, Education, and Female Political Participation and Representation

    Author : Måns Nerman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; Afrobarometer; gender gap; gender quotas; income diversification; household behaviour; Latin America; primary education; political participation; shadow wages; Tanzania; women in parliament;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained papers. Paper 1: The Push Towards UPE and the Determinants of the Demand for Education in Tanzania. READ MORE

  7. 5. Household Decision Making, Time Preferences, and Positional Concern: Experimental Evidence from Rural China

    Author : Xiaojun Yang; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; individual decisions; ; joint decisions; ; intertemporal choices; ; Convex Time Budget; ; relative influence; ; patience; ; time-consistency; ; choice shifts; ; own decisions; ; predictions; ; decisions for spouse; ; positional concern; ; gender; ; household expenditures; ; visible goods; ; rural China; ;

    Abstract : For abstracts, see full text thesis.... READ MORE