Search for dissertations about: "consequences of segregation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words consequences of segregation.

  2. 16. Essays on the Origins of Human Capital, Crime and Income Inequality

    Author : Per Olof Robling; Markus Jäntti; Per-Anders Edin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis in Economics consists of four self-contained essays investigating the importance of early life environment for long-run outcomes and the consequences of immigration for income inequality. READ MORE

  4. 17. A Politics of Community: Identity, Stigma, and Meaning in the Extra-Parliamentary Left

    Author : Colm Flaherty; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Collective Action; Interaction; Stigma; Identity; Community; Politics; Social movement; subculture;

    Abstract : The prevalence and character of political action has changed throughout the Global North, as individuals increasingly turn away from more conventional forms of political participation towards more everyday, continuous types of actions. In this study, I conceptualize one form of everyday political action as a politics of community. READ MORE

  5. 18. Is College Science Teaching Women's Work? : Gender Inequity in the Physical Sciences

    Author : Katherine Doerr; Catherine Riegle-Crumb; USA The University of Texas at Austin; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; work; teaching; science; Naturvetenskapernas didaktik; Science education;

    Abstract : After decades of virtual exclusion from participation in STEM, women have majored in, earned graduate degrees in, and forged careers in male-dominated fields such as the physical sciences in increasing numbers. At each step of the way, however, women’s participation diminishes, and this is especially apparent in the workforce. READ MORE

  6. 19. Social Inequalities in Child Health : Type 1 Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Role of Self-control

    Author : Pär Andersson White; Tomas Faresjö; Johnny Ludvigsson; Anders Hjern; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Socioeconomic Status; Socioeconomic Disparities in Health; Type 1 Diabetes; Autoimmune Disease; Obesity; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Self-control;

    Abstract : The Swedish Commission on Health Inequality defined health inequality as systematic differences in health between groups in society with different social positions. All avoidable socioeconomic health inequalities are unfair, and as stated by WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, we have a moral obligation to try to reduce them. READ MORE

  7. 20. Neurotransmitter phenotypes of neurons in the spinal cord and their functional role in the mouse locomotor network

    Author : Carlos Ernesto Restrepo Arboleda; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Walking is a special case of movement because it is rhythmic. An important area in current neuroscience research, is to better understand the different organizational levels (molecular, ion channels, neurotransmitters, connectivity etc.) that implement the function of rhythmic movements. READ MORE