Search for dissertations about: "Marital Stability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Marital Stability.

  2. 1. Who starts a family? : The prospective association between psychological factors and family formation processes

    Author : Steffen Peters; Kieron Barclay; Mikko Myrskylä; Gunnar Andersson; Monika Mynarska; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychological factors; family formation; personality; identity; leadership skills; marital behavior; fertility; partnership dissolution; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Abstract : The role of psychological factors for family formation processes has been underexplored in demographic research. However, psychological concepts such as personality, identity, or skills may have become increasingly relevant for family formation processes such as marital behavior, childbearing, or partnership dissolution, in particular in countries with high levels of individualism. READ MORE

  4. 2. An Economic Analysis of Marriage and Divorce

    Author : Kristian Bolin; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomisk politik; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; economic theory; Economics; econometrics; Marriage duration; Efficient spousal support; Dominance; Parental altruism; Divorce rule; Equality; Marriage; Divorce;

    Abstract : The first chapter develops a theoretical model of marriage and divorce. The model has two periods and assumes Pareto efficient time allocations. There is a risk of divorce in the second period, which is modeled as exogenously given. READ MORE

  5. 3. Subjective Well-Being in Swedish Women

    Author : Daiva Daukantaitė; Lars R. Bergman; Katariina Salmela-Aro; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; women; subjective well-being; longitudinal; cluster analysis; social circumstances; personality; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : The present thesis concerns middle-aged women’s subjective well-being (SWB). The interest is focused on the importance of childhood factors, social circumstances, and personality for middle-aged women’s general SWB. READ MORE

  6. 4. Family and Friends : Essays on Applied Microeconometrics

    Author : Arna Vardardottir; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of 4 self-contained chapters, bound together by their focus on household behavior and social interaction: Bargaining over Risk: The Impact of Decision Power on Household Portfolios. This paper provides an analysis of the internal financial decision-making process of households, employing a unique panel of household finances of the entire Swedish population. READ MORE

  7. 5. Success at work and in family life : studies in selected Western fertility and family dynamics

    Author : Diana Corman; Elizabeth Thomson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nativitet; Familjebildning; Invandrare; Sverige; Frankrike; 1970-talet; 1980-talet; 1990-talet; Nativity; Family structure; Immigrants; Sweden; France; demografi; Demography;

    Abstract : This thesis contains three studies that address the issues of childbearing and working life and the connection between working life and success in family life. The first two studies investigate third-birth rates in two West-European countries, based on two national surveys concerning the family and working life. READ MORE