Search for dissertations about: "Pensions"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the word Pensions.

2. 16. Local Worlds : Rural Livelihood Strategies in Eastern Cape, South Africa

   Author : Flora Hajdu; Anders Hjort af Ornäs; Thembela Kepe; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; livelihood strategies; local scale; natural resource use; local employment; degradation narrative; poverty relief programmes; Transkei; Pondoland; Försörjningsstrategier; lokalitet; naturresursutnyttjande; narrativ; fattigdomsbekämpning; Pondoland; Transkei; Sydafrika; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : Local perceptions and livelihood strategies have in this study been examined through extensive fieldwork in two villages in rural Pondoland in the former homeland Transkei in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. Using a bottom-up perspective, changes in livelihoods and the processes involved in choosing between and combining various types of livelihood activities are analysed. READ MORE

4. 17. Vulnerability and inequalities in health and wellbeing : the role of social policy

   Author : Björn Högberg; Anna Baranowska-Rataj; Mattias Strandh; Espen Dahl; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social policy; Welfare state; Vulnerability; Inequality; Social stratification; Health; Wellbeing;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the moderating role of social policies for the association between vulnerable social positions and health and wellbeing. Vulnerable social positions are identified in relation to age-related transition points in to or out of the labour market. READ MORE

5. 18. Gender policy and gender equality in a public health perspective : investigating morbidity and mortality in Sweden and 22 OECD countries

   Author : Mona Backhans; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate gender policy and gender equality as determinants of health. Data at individual, municipal and country level were employed, and the settings were Sweden and 22 OECD countries. The studies span the time period 1973-2008. READ MORE

6. 19. Essays in Public Finance and Behavioral Economics

   Author : Arnaldur Stefánsson; Per Engström; Eva Mörk; Mats Persson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Frisch elasticity of labor supply; identification; elasticity heterogeneity; tax compliance; loss aversion; prospect theory; benefit take-up; similarity; distributive justice; moral decision-making; ambiguity attitudes; framing; consistency of choice; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: I study how individuals adjust their labor supply in response to a year with tax free income. Due to a transformation from a retroactive to a pay-as-you-earn tax system, income earned on the Icelandic labor market in 1987 was never taxed. READ MORE

7. 20. Teenage childbearing : pregnancy outcomes and long-term consequences for the mothers

   Author : Petra Otterblad Olausson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : maternal age; pregnancy in adolescence; pregnancy outcome; infant mortality; infant; premature; risk factors; socioeconomic factors; educational status; single parent; twins; cause of death;

   Abstract : The purposes of the thesis were to study effects of low maternal age on adverse pregnancy outcomes, predictors of teenage childbearing, and long-term effects of teenage motherhood on the women's social situation later in life and risk of premature death. The effects of low maternal age at first birth on risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes, primarily preterm birth and infant mortality, were studied in three population-based cohort studies. READ MORE