Search for dissertations about: "Nationalekonomiska institutionen"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 796 swedish dissertations containing the words Nationalekonomiska institutionen.

  2. 6. Essays on Politics and Health Economics

    Author : Linuz Aggeborn; Eva Mörk; Mikael Elinder; Kaisa Kotakorpi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fluoride; Cognitive ability; Non-cognitive ability; Income; Education; Employment; Dental health; Political Leadership; American politics; Regression discontinuity; Voter turnout; Local public finance; Sweden; Finland; Right-wing populism; welfare chauvinism; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I (with Mattias Öhman): Fluoridation of the drinking water is a public policy whose aim is to improve dental health. Although the evidence is clear that fluoride is good for dental health, concerns have been raised regarding potential negative effects on cognitive development. READ MORE

  4. 7. Voter Turnout and the Size of Government" and "Public Finance and Right-Wing Populism

    Author : Linuz Aggeborn; Eva Mörk; Mikael Elinder; Panu Poutvaara; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

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  5. 8. 1. Individual Demand for Local Public Schooling: Evidence from Swedish Survey Data. 2. Does School Competition Matter? Effects of a Large-Scale School Choice Reform on Student Performance

    Author : Åsa Ahlin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  6. 9. Compulsory Schooling in a Decentralized Setting: Studies of the Swedish Case

    Author : Åsa Ahlin; Sören Blomquist; Magnus Wikström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 (with Eva Johansson) investigates the demand for local public schooling using survey data, a method previously never applied to Sweden. Estimating a demand specification corresponding to that in U.S. studies, more elastic demand than in the U. READ MORE

  7. 10. Essays on Economic Disadvantage : Criminal Justice, Gender and Social Mobility

    Author : Ulrika Ahrsjö; Mårten Palme; Susan Niknami; Julien Grenet; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor economics; Economic inequality; Criminal justice; Youth crime; Intergenerational mobility; Gender wage gap; In-group bias; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Youth Crime, Community Service and Labor Market OutcomesCan lifetime trajectories of youth offenders be improved through criminal justice policy? I evaluate the effects of a youth justice reform in Sweden that sharply increased the share of juveniles assigned to court-ordered community service --- i.e. unpaid, low-skilled work. READ MORE