Search for dissertations about: "ethnic segregation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words ethnic segregation.

2. 1. URBAN SEGREGATION AND URBAN FORM : From residential segregation to segregation in public space

   Author : Ann Legeby; Lars Marcus; Eva Öresjö; Anna-Johanna Klasander; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; urban segregation; urban form; urban design; housing segregation; residential segregation; public space; co-presence; public life; spatial affordance; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   Abstract : Urban segregation is considered a major social problem in Sweden and several national anti-segregation initiatives have been launched to decrease social and ethnic segregation but so far only with marginal effects (SOU 2005:29). Urban design and town planning are rarely the focus in national anti-segregation initiatives; the architectural issue has mainly been confined to matters concerning housing policies. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Ethnic Segregation and Economic Outcomes

   Author : Emma Neuman; Mats Hammarstedt; Lina Aldén; Oskar Nordström Skans; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ethnic segregation; tipping behaviour; neighbourhood effect; labour market outcomes; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1: This paper studies tipping behaviour in the residential mobility of the native population inSweden between 1990 and 2007. Using regression discontinuity methods, we find that thegrowth in native population in a neighbourhood discontinuously drops once aneighbourhood’s immigrant share exceeds the identified tipping point. READ MORE

5. 3. Ethnic Discrimination, Name Change and Labor Market Inequality : Mixed approaches to ethnic exclusion in Sweden

   Author : Moa Bursell; Carl le Grand; Gunn Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnicity; ethnic discrimination; employment gaps; field experiment; correspondence test; gender; sex segregation; name change; stigma; pragmatic assimilation; mixed methods; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical studies on ethnic integration in the Swedish labor market. Studies I-III draw on a field experiment testing ethnic discrimination in the hiring process. READ MORE

6. 4. Studies in the Dynamics of Residential Segregation

   Author : Åsa Bråmå; Roger Andersson; Urban Fransson; Terje Wessel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; residential segregation; segregation processes; selective migration; distressed neighbourhoods; minority enclaves; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : In four scientific papers, this thesis investigates the processes, in terms of movements of individuals, that have produced, reproduced and transformed patterns of residential segregation in Swedish cities between 1990 and 2000.Paper 1 examines processes of immigrant concentration, and the role of the Swedish majority population in these processes. READ MORE

7. 5. Studies in Human Capital, Ability and Migration

   Author : Martin Nordin; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; economic theory; ethnic segregation; school effect; Economics; econometrics; ethnic discrimination; productive skills; cognitive ability; test score; immigrant; second generation immigrant; educational attainment; wages; return to schooling; incomes; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonometri; ekonomisk politik;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter followed by four separate papers. The papers deal with various aspects of human capital, ability and migration. READ MORE