Search for dissertations about: "business math"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words business math.

2. 1. Reaching For Equality : Essays in Education and Gender Economics

   Author : Sanna Ericsson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preschool; Education; Sub-Saharan Africa; Cultural Gender Norms; Math Gender Gap; Epidemiological Approach; Refugee Placement Policy; Sibling Fixed Effects; Domestic Violence; Household Bargaining; Male Backlash; Local Labour Demand; Preschool; Education; Sub-Saharan Africa; Cultural Gender Norms; Math Gender Gap; Epidemiological Approach; Refugee Placement Policy; Sibling Fixed Effects; Domestic Violence; Household Bargaining; Male Backlash; Local Labour Demand;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained papers that all relate to the understanding of equality. The first chapter investigates the effects of preschool attendance on children in Kenya and Tanzania. READ MORE

4. 2. Incentives and Inequalities in Family and Working Life

   Author : Aino-Maija Aalto; Helena Svaleryd; Oskar Nordström Skans; Mårten Palme; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Career Choices; Role Models; STEM; Childcare; Child Health; Unemployment; Quasi-Experiment; Parental Leave Reform; Labour Market Participation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: Same-gender teachers may affect educational preferences by acting as role models for their students. I study the importance of the gender composition of teachers in math and science during lower secondary school on the likelihood to continue in math-intensive tracks in the next levels of education. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Conflict, Gender and Household-Decision Making

   Author : Evelina Bonnier; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis in Economics consists of five self-contained chapters on various topics in Development and Behavioral Economics.Preparing for genocide: Quasi-experimental evidence from Rwanda examines if a mandatory community program contributed to fostering acceptance and participation in the ethnic violence during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. READ MORE

6. 4. Heavy Metal Exposure in Early Life - Health and Labour Market Perspectives

   Author : Yana Pryymachenko; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Metal pollution; accumulated exposure; lead pollution; GPA; education; earnings; infant mortality; cognitive skills;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical studies on the effects of exposure to heavy metal pollution in early childhood on a broad set of individual outcomes. The first study analyses how accumulated exposure to metal pollution during childhood affects long-run outcomes. READ MORE

7. 5. Teachers, Family and Friends : Essays in Economics of Education

   Author : Krister Sund; Anders Björklund; Hans Bonesrønning; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Family background and school performance during a turbulent era of school reforms In the 1990s, Swedish education policy took several steps towards more decentralization and more room for parental school choice. We study the relationship between school performance and family background during this period of time. READ MORE