Search for dissertations about: "Non-cognitive ability"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Non-cognitive ability.

  2. 6. From Cradle to Grave : Empirical Essays on Health and Economic Outcomes

    Author : Elvira Andersson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; health; mental health; human capital; children; visual impairment; earnings; employment; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; sickness absence; day care; mortality; consumption; liquidity constraints; permanent income hypothesis; health; mental health; children; visual impairment; employment; earnings; discrimination; cognitive ability; disability; work pressure; day care; sickness absence; mortality; liquidity constraints; consumption; permanent income hypothesis;

    Abstract : This thesis contains four independent research papers, which investigate the causal relations between several aspects of health and economic outcomes at different stages of the life course. The first paper investigates the causal effects of maternal deprivation and maltreatment during various periods of childhood on adolescent health and human capital. READ MORE

  4. 7. Essays on Families, Health Policy, and the Determinants of Children's Long-Term Outcomes

    Author : Edvin Hertegård; Hans Grönqvist; Helena Svaleryd; Helmut Rainer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family behavior; Children s outcomes; Fluoride exposure; COVID-19; Economic crisis; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Divorce laws are known to influence family behavior, but empirical evidence of their effects on children remains scarce. I shed more light on this by investigating the effects of the Swedish divorce law reform of 1974, which liberalized the existing divorce laws and introduced a 6-month parental reconsideration period for divorce. READ MORE

  5. 8. Essays on Malnutrition, Savings and Preferences

    Author : Tharshini Thangavelu; Jesper Stage; Runar Brännlund; Wisdom Akpalu; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers addressing three different topics in economics, namely preferences, savings and malnutrition. In Paper I, an instrumental variable approach was employed to analyse how malnutrition affects children’s psychosocial abilities. READ MORE