Search for dissertations about: "assortative mating"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words assortative mating.
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1. The role of Assortative Mating in the Initial Stages of Sympatric and Parapatric Speciation
Abstract : Divergence in the face of gene flow is perhaps the most wildly disputed subject among researchers through time. The debate is an old one and we find its origin as far back as the era of Darwin. READ MORE
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2. Hybrid zone dynamics, assortative mating, and migratory programmes in a willow warbler migratory divide
Abstract : In this thesis I will compare and contrast the two willow warbler subspecies (Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus and P. t. acredula) with differing migratory phenotypes (or "migratype") in the context of their migratory divide and hybrid zone in central Sweden. Their migratory programs differ in the direction and distance traveled during migration. READ MORE
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3. Reproductive isolation at contact zones
Abstract : Speciation is among the most important evolutionary processes that contribute to biodiversity. It involves the formation of new species that have become reproductively isolated through a process that is not linear and varies in time and space. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Income Risk and Inequality
Abstract : Consumption Dynamics under Time-Varying Unemployment Risk We study the response of households' demand for durable goods to fluctuations in unemployment risk. First, using survey data, we document that household durable expenditures react strongly to unemployment risk, while the effect on nondurable expenditures is indistinguishable from zero. READ MORE
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5. Essays in Empirical Labour Economics : Family Background, Gender and Earnings
Abstract : All three essays in this thesis are concerned with the interrelation of family, gender and labour market outcomes. The first paper investigates family earnings mobility between parents and sons, and parents and daughters, highlighting the role of assortative mating. The results suggest that daughters are more mobile than sons. READ MORE