Search for dissertations about: "education and wages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words education and wages.

2. 1. Urbanization and Education : The Effect of Childhood Urban Residency on Educational Attainment

   Author : Raoul van Maarseveen; Niklas Bengtsson; Matz Dahlberg; Daniel Sturm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban Residency; Educational Attainment; Urbanization; Human Capital; Urban Migration; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract :   Essay I: Does rural to urban migration in developing countries improve the opportunities available to children? And does childhood urban exposure increase educational attainment? Using census data for 14 African countries combined with an age-at-move design, I show that childhood exposure to cities significantly raises primary school completion, school attendance, and literacy rates. The increase in educational attainment is robust to the inclusion of household fixed effects, visible in all subgroups and countries, and particularly large for girls. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Development: Household Income, Education, and Female Political Participation and Representation

   Author : Måns Nerman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; Afrobarometer; gender gap; gender quotas; income diversification; household behaviour; Latin America; primary education; political participation; shadow wages; Tanzania; women in parliament;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained papers. Paper 1: The Push Towards UPE and the Determinants of the Demand for Education in Tanzania. READ MORE

5. 3. Labor, Trade and Finance : Essays in Applied Economics

   Author : Mengyi Cao; Mårten Palme; Mikael Lindahl; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human Capital; Education; Home Equity; International Trade; Pension Plan; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: Credit Constraint and College Attendance. This paper shows that housing wealth alleviate credit constraints for potential college attendees by enabling home owners to extract equity from their property and invest it in the education. READ MORE

6. 4. Sickness Absence and Labour Market Outcomes

   Author : Patrik Hesselius; Bertil Holmlund; Maarten Lindeboom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Labour economics; Health economics; Sickness absence; Unemployment; Wages; Spousal retirement; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I examines whether a worker’s sickness absence behaviour influences the risk of becoming unemployed. Swedish panel data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and the duration of sick leaves and subsequent unemployment. READ MORE

7. 5. Economic Determinants and Consequences of Political Institutions

   Author : Oana Borcan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political institutions; state history; corruption; education; voting;

   Abstract : This thesis is comprised of four empirical essays on the economic determinants and consequences of political institutions. It opens with a broad perspective on the link between the state throughout history and the past and current economic performance of nations. READ MORE