Search for dissertations about: "Sweden"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9015 swedish dissertations containing the word Sweden.

  2. 1. Essays on Wage and Price Formation in Sweden

    University dissertation from Stockholm : Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kent Friberg; Eskil Wadensjö; Henry Ohlsson; [2004]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; wages; prices; sectoral wage linkages; real wage determination; vector error correction models; SOCIAL SCIENCES Business and economics Economics; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Ekonomi Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Study IReal Wage Determination in the Swedish Engineering IndustryThis study uses the monopoly union model to examine the determination of real wages and in particular the effects of active labour market programmes (ALMPs) on real wages in the engineering industry. Quarterly data for the period 1970:1 to 1996:4 are used in a cointegration framework, utilising the Johansen's maximum likelihood procedure. READ MORE

  4. 2. Corruption in Sweden Exploring Danger Zones and Change

    University dissertation from Umeå : Department of political science, Umeå university

    Author : Staffan Andersson; Gullan Gidlund; Torbjörn Bergman; Paul Heywood; [2002]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corruption; danger zones; delegation; institutional and contextual changes; least corrupt cases; multi-method approach; principal-agent relations; public sector; Sweden; SOCIAL SCIENCES Other social sciences Public sector research; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Övrig samhällsvetenskap Forskning om offentlig sektor; statskunskap; political science;

    Abstract : In this dissertation I study corruption in the public sector in Sweden, a country which the literature regards as having few corruption problems. Sweden is therefore classified as a “least corrupt” case, and such countries are seldom studied in corruption research. My work is thus an effort to fill a gap in the literature. READ MORE

  5. 3. Architectures of Life-Building in the Twentieth Century Russia, Germany, Sweden

    University dissertation from Huddinge : Södertörns högskola

    Author : Irina Seits; Sven-Olov Wallenstein; Irina Sandomirskaja; Thordis Arrhenius; [2018]
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; architecture of the twentieth century; modernism; Soviet avantgarde; functionalism; constructivism; life-building; Russia; Germany; Sweden; urban theory; IKEA; living space; everyday life; home; Архитектура двадцатого века; жизнестроение; авангард; модернизм; функционализм; ИКЕЯ; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : The modernist concept of life-building as an architectural method for improving the conditions of everyday life originated in Europe during the 1920s. This book explores three modes of functionalism by way of a comparative analysis of both the theoretical discourses and architectural practices associated with functionalism in Russia, Germany, and Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Spatial diffusion of telemedicine in Sweden

    University dissertation from Huddinge : Södertörns högskola

    Author : Magnus Strömgren; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Telemedicine; Spatial diffusion; Sweden; Northern Sweden; Information technology; Networks; Health care delivery;

    Abstract : “Telemedicine” denotes medicine at a distance using telecommunications and information technologies. The aim of the thesis is to reveal determinants and outcomes of telemedicine diffusion—that is, the spread of telemedicine in time and space. Telemedicine is examined both at the national level and in a regional case study. READ MORE

  7. 5. Citizens and taxation Sweden in comparative perspective

    University dissertation from Huddinge : Södertörns högskola

    Author : Jonas Edlund; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; taxation; tax policy; welfare state; Sweden; attitudes; class; comparative research;

    Abstract : In the contemporary critique of the welfare state a common target is taxation. The consequences of the high levels of taxes collected by the modern state, the critics argue, are slowdown in economic growth, high unemployment, and declining public legitimacy for taxes and state provided welfare. READ MORE