Search for dissertations about: "Sex segregation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words Sex segregation.
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1. Disentangling sex segregation : Studies on the roots and routes of labour market sex segregation
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
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2. Gendered Migration Patterns within a Sex Segregated Labor Market
Abstract : When a couple moves, the woman is often placed at a disadvantage. Moves are more often motivated by men’s career advancement opportunities, and men tend to gain more economically from moving. In this thesis, these patterns are examined with an eye on the role of sex segregation on the labor market. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Discrimination in Hiring
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on discrimination in hiring. Essay I (co-authored with Dan-Olof Rooth) present evidence of ethnic discrimination in the recruitment process by sending fictitious applications to real job openings. READ MORE
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4. Sentiments of Segregation : The Emotional Politics of Apartheid in South Africa, c. 1948-1990
Abstract : This dissertation studies the relationship between emotions and the everday application of apartheid in South Africa between 1948 and 1990. Histories of apartheid have long been politics-driven, focusing on the rise and fall of the regime with its reception being studied primarily through the lens of the popular struggle that, in part, led to apartheid’s downfall. READ MORE
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5. The Most Delicate Subject : A History of Sex Education Films in Sweden
Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to present a history of sex education films in Sweden, from their beginnings until the late 1970s, relating the films to the changing historical context of the Swedish welfare society. Within this framework, the dissertation explores two main sets of questions. READ MORE