Search for dissertations about: "Swedish Micro Data"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 108 swedish dissertations containing the words Swedish Micro Data.

  2. 16. Vernacular Buildings and Urban Social Practice - Wood and people in Early Modern Swedish Society

    Author : Andrine Nilsen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical archaeology; early modern; city scape; urbanity; Swedish building practices; building stock; log timber construction; timber-framing technique; post and plank construction; storeyed buildings; mixed techniques; the production of space; social dimensions; centre; periphery; marginality;

    Abstract : Wooden houses were major components of the early modern Swedish townscape. Yet, today these buildings have largely disappeared due to fires, demolition and modernity. The main themes of the thesis are the study of what kind of wooden building techniques were used within the urban environment. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays on Savings Behavior, Inflation Measurement, and Growth

    Author : Markus Peters; Per Krusell; Roine Vestman; Tobias Laun; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Savings; pension reform; inattention; present bias; output growth; inflation; measurement; PPI micro data; input-output; networks; intermediate inputs; structural change; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The Impact of Pension Reform on Household Income and Savings: A Quantitative Analysis of the Swedish CaseIncreases in life expectancy cause challenges for defined benefit pension systems. Sweden is one of few countries having undertaken a major reform aimed at creating a financially sustainable pension system. READ MORE

  5. 18. Shared practices : social networks and fertility decline during the Swedish demographic transition, 1850-1950

    Author : Johan Junkka; Sören Edvinsson; Angélique Janssens; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historical demography; fertility transition; social interaction; social network; voluntary associations; historia; History;

    Abstract : This thesis studies how social interactions influenced the fertility decline during the Swedish demographic transition between 1850 and 1950. This, to gain insights into how and why norms and values affected married couples' birth control practices, and how this shaped the fertility decline. READ MORE

  6. 19. Dialectics of Negotiagency : Micro Mechanisms in Children’s Negotiation in Play Activity

    Author : Mimmi Waermö; Inger Eriksson; Ylva Ståhle; Viveca Lindberg; Bert van Oers; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; activity theory; agency; breaktime; children; collectividual; cultural historical activity theory; demands; development; double stimulation; enculturation; motives; negotiagency; negotiation; play; transformation; Didactics; didaktik;

    Abstract : This study is about the children in a fourth and fifth grade Swedish primary school class and their play during breaktimes. The study takes the theoretical point of departure in seeing children’s breaktime play as a cultural historical activity. READ MORE

  7. 20. Implications of brief episodes of atrial fibrillation (micro-AF)

    Author : Tove Fredriksson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : INTRODUCTION: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinically relevant arrhythmia. It is diagnosed using an electrocardiogram (ECG) and defined as an irregular heart rhythm without p-waves lasting for at least 30 seconds. This 30-second time criterion is based solely on expert consensus. READ MORE