Search for dissertations about: "Intergenerational transmission"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words Intergenerational transmission.
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6. Essays on Educational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. The first essay concerns educational choice and the returns to college in Sweden. I apply a recently introduced econometric framework that allows for self selection and treatment effect heterogeneity. READ MORE
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7. Multigenerational Processes in Demography
Abstract : Contemporary social science research has often focused on nuclear family relationships, and has largely neglected kinship and family outside the nuclear household. In this doctoral thesis I explore demographic issues from a multigenerational perspective, using Swedish register data and mathematical modeling. READ MORE
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8. Essays on Environmental and Behavioral Economics
Abstract : As developing countries strive to attain rapid economic growth and thereby reduce poverty, the ensuing climate change crisis is making it necessary for these countries to achieve the targeted economic growth through low-carbon footprint. This thesis investigates the roles of economic agents and their interactions in tackling the twin challenges of poverty reduction and climate change. READ MORE
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9. Essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply
Abstract : This licentiate’s thesis consists of two essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply.The first essay (co-author Mats Hammarstedt), Intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment: Evidence from three generations, reviews intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment over three generations. READ MORE
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10. Essays on Inequality and Social Policy : Education, Crime and Health
Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical essays. The first essay evaluates the impact on crime of a large scale experimental scheme in which all state monopoly alcohol stores in selected Swedish counties kept open on Saturdays. We show that the experiment significantly raised both alcohol sales and crime. READ MORE