Search for dissertations about: "effect of working parents on their children"

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2. 1. Barriers and Facilitators of Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood : A Focus on Parents, Results from the IDEFICS Study

   Author : Susann Regber; Staffan Mårild; Jan Johansson Hanse; Gabriele Eiben; Masuma Novak; Finn Rasmussen; Sweden Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sahlgrenska Academy Institute of Medicine; []
   Keywords : parents; children; obesity; weight perception; registers; prevention; health promotion;

   Abstract : Background: Childhood obesity has increased dramatically during the past thirty years. Parents are key persons in their children’s lives and their efforts to create healthy lifestyles are very important. However, social and economic determinants of health also affect parents’ opportunities to promote a healthy lifestyle. READ MORE

4. 2. Assessment and Remediation for Children with Special Educational Needs : The role of Working Memory, Complex Executive Function and Metacognitive Strategy Training

   Author : Petri Partanen; Örjan Sundin; Jan Lisspers; Billy Jansson; Ann-Charlotte Smedler; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children with special educational needs; Assessment; Working memory; Working memory training; Complex executive function; Planning; Metacognition; Mathematical learning difficulties; Barn i behov av stöd; Utredning; Arbetsminne; Arbetsminnesträning; Komplex exekutiv funktion; Planering; Metakognition; Matematiksvårigheter;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the role of different assessment tools and training regimens in assessment and remediation for children with special educational needs in school. A central purpose of assessment explored was that it should inform remediation, teaching and instruction. READ MORE

5. 3. The making and breaking of families : Studies on inequalities in the face of parenthood and separation

   Author : Anna-Karin Nylin; Ann-Zofie Duvander; Sunnee Billingsley; Dimitri Mortelmans; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Becoming a parent for the first time is one of the most life-altering events individuals experience. For some, this life-altering change is also followed by the breaking of families when couples part ways in either divorce or separation. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Household Behavior and Time-Use

   Author : Daniel Hallberg; Daniel S. Hamermesh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Time-use; Household behavior; Slutsky matrix; Income-pooling; Household labor supply; Child care; Family economics; Simultaneous equation system; Process benefits; Synchronous leisure; Working hours; Togetherness; Statistical matching; Aggregation bias; House price; Volume of trade; Search; Nationalekonomi; Tidsanvändning; Hushållsbeteende; Slutsky matris; Inkomstsammanslagning; Hushållets arbetsutbud; Barnomsorg; Familjeekonomi; Simultana ekvationssystem; Aktivitetsnytta; Samtidig fritid; Arbetstider; Samhörighet; Statistisk matching; Aggregeringsbias; Huspriser; Omsättningsvolym; Sökning.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Essay 1 studies the household's decision to supply labor and tests if the so-called unitary model holds. What is subject to a test is the resulting symmetry of the Slutsky matrix, i.e., that the compensated cross-wage effects are equal. READ MORE

7. 5. How Immigrants Invent : Evidence from Sweden

   Author : Yannu Zheng; CIRCLE; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-generation immigrants; Migration policy; Occupation; Education; Region of origin; Age; Sector; Selection; Human capital; Adults; Children; Patent; Inventors; Second-generation immigrants;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the inventive performance of immigrants in Sweden based on a special database which links inventors to the general population of the country from 1985 to 2007. It shows that the inventive performance of immigrants is influenced by immigrants’ age at migration, region of origin, educational level, match between education and occupation and migration policy. READ MORE