Search for dissertations about: "equality of opportunity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words equality of opportunity.

  2. 1. Equality of opportunity, heterogeneity and poverty

    Author : William Nilsson; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Tomas Sjögren; Anders Björklund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Equality of opportunity; Semiparametric; Poverty; Heterogeneity; State dependence; Twins; Unemployment; Divorce; Spousal response; Selection; Panel data; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Paper [I] studies equality of opportunity in Sweden. The distinction between circumstances that constrain an individual’s opportunities and the individual choices also affecting a particular outcome is the main idea of theories of equality of opportunity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Equality of Access in Health Care

    Author : Katarina Steen Carlsson; Hälsoekonomi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; financial and time cost; socio-economic variation; hopsital care; concentration index; consumption possibilities; definition; opportunity; equality of access; equity; Social economics; Social ekonomi;

    Abstract : Equality of access may be defined and operationalised in several ways. Paper I, 'Equality of access. Definitions and policy implications', proposes a theoretical outline of possible definitions of equal access, of the policy measures needed to attain equality and of their consequences. READ MORE

  5. 3. Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education

    Author : Per Engzell; Jan O. Jonsson; Carina Mood; Jenny Torssander; Richard Breen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; endogeneity; equality of opportunity; ethnic inequality; immigrant selectivity; large-scale assessments; measurement error; proxy variables; social origin; socioeconomic status; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. Study I draws on newly collected survey data to assess the biases that arise in estimating socioeconomic differences in achievement when relying on parent and student reported data on social background. READ MORE

  6. 4. Participation and performance in primary schooling : a study of equality of educational opportunity in Mauritius

    Author : Vinayagum Chinapah; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mauritius; Primary Education; Educational Equality; School Participation; Scholastic Performance; Learning Environments; LISREL Method; PLS Method; Latent Variables; Path Analysis;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to examine the extent to which policies formulated to ensure equality of educational opportunity have been implemented at the primary school level in Mauritius.Universal free primary education was achieved during the early 1970s. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mapping Gender in Academic Workplaces : Ways of reproducing gender inequality within the discourse of equality

    Author : Paula Mählck; Nora Räthzel; Olle Persson; Lis Höjgaard; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender studies; gender; equality; inequality; academia; career; socio-bibliometric mapping; meritocracy; discourse; Genusforskning; Gender studies; Genus; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Sweden is often described as one of the best countries in the world for women to live in. Despite this and despite a number of equal opportunity interventions within the area of higher education from the mid 1990s and on, Sweden follows the international pattern of the "leaking pipeline" when it comes to gender distribution in academia. READ MORE