Search for dissertations about: "applied microeconometrics"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words applied microeconometrics.

2. 1. Family and Friends : Essays on Applied Microeconometrics

   Author : Arna Vardardottir; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of 4 self-contained chapters, bound together by their focus on household behavior and social interaction: Bargaining over Risk: The Impact of Decision Power on Household Portfolios. This paper provides an analysis of the internal financial decision-making process of households, employing a unique panel of household finances of the entire Swedish population. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Empirical Development Economics: Education, Health and Gender

   Author : Martina Björkman; Jakob Svensson; Paul Gertler; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development economics; applied microeconometrics; education; health; gender; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical essays in development economics on education, health and gender."Income Shocks and Gender Gaps in Education: Evidence from Uganda" uses exogenous variation in rainfall across districts in Uganda to estimate the causal effects of household income shocks on children's enrollment and cognitive skills conditional on gender. READ MORE

5. 3. Firms and banks in the Macroeconomy : empirical essays using microeconomic methods

   Author : Niklas Amberg; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a collection of essays covering topics in corporate finance, macroeconomics, applied microeconometrics, and economic history. These essays do not, and were not intended to, fit together into a neatly unified whole, but are rather the outcomes of a number of independent research projects that I have carried out during my Ph.D. READ MORE