Search for dissertations about: "barriers to migration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 swedish dissertations containing the words barriers to migration.

2. 1. Tackling barriers to firm trade : liberalisation, migration and servification

   Author : Magnus Lodefalk; Fredrik Sjöholm; Pär Hansson; Holger Görg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; trade; liberalisation; WTO; CGE; trade facilitation; services; migration; employer-employee; networks; servicification; manufacturing; firm; enterprise group; deindustrialisation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses how to tackle barriers to firm trade and the consequences thereof. In Essay 1, we carefully model trade liberalisation scenarios that include the key elements of the WTO Doha round, scenarios that are implemented in a computable general equilibrium model. READ MORE

4. 2. Borders and Barriers : Studies on Migration and Integration in the Nordic and Mexico-U.S. Settings

   Author : Rosa Weber; Marie Evertsson; Magnus Bygren; Ognjen Obucina; Frank Kalter; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migration; integration; policy context; free mobility; circular migration; social capital; labour market entry; transnational ties; deportations; remittances; savings; educational achievement; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : International migration engages large numbers of people. Men, women and children break up from their homes and move to another country temporarily or permanently. READ MORE

5. 3. On the role of migration for the distribution of arctic birds - a circumpolar perspective

   Author : Sara Henningsson; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; bird migration; broad-scale distributions; geographic breeding range; geography of migration; non-breeding range; barriers to migration; Arctic birds; evolution of migration routes;

   Abstract : Flexibility as well as constraints to the evolution of migration routes has the possibility of affecting large-scale patterns of geographical ranges of animals both by facilitating, but sometimes restricting, accessibility to and colonization of new regions. This dissertation concerns the broad-scale effects migration has on the distributional patterns of birds in the Arctic. READ MORE

6. 4. Constructing communities : The establishment and demographic development of sawmill communities in the Sundsvall district, 1850-1890

   Author : Maria Bergman; Sören Edvinsson; Anna Lundberg; Ann-Sofie Högman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sawmill; sawmill worker; Sundsvall; 19th century; community; population development; migration; internal parish migration; barriers; residency; demographic structure; fammily; kinship networks; History; Historia; historia; History;

   Abstract : This dissertation studies the establishment and demographic development of the sawmill communities that emerged in the Sundsvall district during the latter half of the 19th century.  The intention is to highlight the importance of the sawmill communities and their resident populations by discussing community construction from a demographic perspective as well as socially and symbolically. READ MORE

7. 5. Extending dynamic vegetation models to simulate range shifts

   Author : Deborah Zani; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; dynamic vegetation model; range shift; migration; paleovegetation;

   Abstract : In response to rapid climate change and increasing human pressure, a wide variety of taxa have shifted their distribution in the past decades (range shift), with important consequences for ecosystem services and human health and economy. However, it is not yet clear whether most species will be able to track their favourable habitats or lag behind the climate signal (migration lag). READ MORE