Search for dissertations about: "Jan O. Jonsson"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Jan O. Jonsson.

  2. 1. Happy hour? Studies on well-being and time spent on paid and unpaid work

    Author : Katarina Boye; Jan O. Jonsson; Marie Evertsson; Sonja Drobnič; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Well-being; paid work; housework; gender equality; family policy; parental leave; social comparison; Sweden; Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The present thesis focuses on causes and consequences of paid working hours and housework hours among women and men in Sweden and Europe. It consists of four studies. Study I investigates changes in the division of housework in Swedish couples when they become parents. READ MORE

  4. 2. Children's Living Conditions : Studies on Health, Family and School

    Author : Sara Brolin Låftman; Jan O. Jonsson; Viveca Östberg; Anne H. Gauthier; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; living conditions; well-being; family; health; school; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The present dissertation includes four empirical studies, each of which focuses on specific aspects of children’s living conditions. Study I analyses the association between young people’s social relations and health complaints using Swedish nationally representative survey data on 10- to 18-year-olds. READ MORE

  5. 3. Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education

    Author : Per Engzell; Jan O. Jonsson; Carina Mood; Jenny Torssander; Richard Breen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; endogeneity; equality of opportunity; ethnic inequality; immigrant selectivity; large-scale assessments; measurement error; proxy variables; social origin; socioeconomic status; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. Study I draws on newly collected survey data to assess the biases that arise in estimating socioeconomic differences in achievement when relying on parent and student reported data on social background. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Disentangling sex segregation : Studies on the roots and routes of labour market sex segregation

    Author : Johanna Kumlin; Jan O. Jonsson; Gunn E. Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sex segregation; gender wage gap; sex inequality; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The present dissertation consists of four studies. The first study serves as a descriptive background to the following three self-contained but interrelated empirical studies. The joint theme is horizontal labour market sex segregation. READ MORE