Search for dissertations about: "family policies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 121 swedish dissertations containing the words family policies.

  2. 11. Managing migration in modern welfare states : Essays on the development, causes, and effects of policies regulating family immigration

    Author : Anton Ahlén; Joakim Palme; Karin Borevi; Axel Cronert; Christian Albrekt Larsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family immigration; Migration policy; Welfare state; Conditionality; Progressive dilemma; Civic integration; Stratification; Policy configurations; Eligibility criteria; Qualifying conditions; Time-series cross-country analysis; Europe; OECD; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Being the main channel of migration into advanced industrial democracies, family migration has been the subject of increasing contestation in political debate. While previous studies have noted that many OECD countries have introduced more restrictive policies on family immigration during the last few decades, we still know little about how cross-country policy configurations in this area have evolved and varied over time, or about how policies affect inflows and why they differ between countries. READ MORE

  4. 12. Bedroom Politics. How family policies affect women’s fertility and union formation decisions

    Author : Andrej Kokkonen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family policy; fertility; marriage; cohabitation; divorce; union formation; union dissolution; new home economics; bargaining theory; second demographic transition;

    Abstract : Most studies on policies’ effect on fertility depart from the assumption that fertility decisions are taken within unions, by partners who behave altruistically towards each other. This study argues that such a focus misses a fundamental fact: namely, that fertility decisions are closely interrelated with decisions about union formation and union dissolution. READ MORE

  5. 13. Teachers, Family and Friends : Essays in Economics of Education

    Author : Krister Sund; Anders Björklund; Hans Bonesrønning; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Family background and school performance during a turbulent era of school reforms In the 1990s, Swedish education policy took several steps towards more decentralization and more room for parental school choice. We study the relationship between school performance and family background during this period of time. READ MORE

  6. 14. Causes and Consequences of Early-life Conditions : Alcohol, Pollution and Parental Leave Policies

    Author : Jenny Jans; J. Peter Nilsson; Per Johansson; Arizo Karimi; Matthew Neidell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Air pollution; alcohol availability; parental leave policies; health; educational attainment; earnings; time investments; child outcomes; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: This paper studies the effect of air pollution on infant health in Sweden. Combining register panel data on birth outcomes and family characteristics with pollution data, I estimate the effect of particulate matter (PM10) on several birth outcomes that previously have been shown to be predictive of future outcomes. READ MORE

  7. 15. Caring, Sharing, and Childbearing : Essays on Labor Supply, Infant Health, and Family Policies

    Author : Anna Norén; Erik Grönqvist; Matz Dahlberg; Katarina Steen Carlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal care; Elderly; Labor supply; Alcohol prevention; Brief intervention; AUDIT; Antenatal care; Child health; Childcare; Parental leave; Gender equality; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: I study the consequences on labor market outcomes and sick leave of having an elderly parent in need of care. Caring for an elderly parent may be associated with opportunity costs such as productivity loss on the labor market if informal caregivers are of working age. READ MORE