Search for dissertations about: "gender attitudes"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 177 swedish dissertations containing the words gender attitudes.
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1. In his or her opinion? : the gender gap in attitudes toward the welfare state in Sweden and Europe
Abstract : Background This thesis explores differences in the attitudes that men and women hold toward the welfare state by investigating previously neglected areas concerning how attitudes differ between welfare states, as well as the role played by emotional and psychological attachment to a gender group. The studies analyze how gender differences in welfare state attitudes relate to social policies and prevailing gender relations, as well as to the process of social identification with a gender group. READ MORE
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2. Facets of Gender : Analyses of the Family and the Labour Market
Abstract : This thesis contains four different studies on the dynamics of gender in households and workplaces. The relationship between family life and work life is in focus, particularly in the paper on labour market outcomes after divorce.In the introductory chapter, the Swedish context is briefly described. READ MORE
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3. Gender, Work, and Attitudes
Abstract : Paper 1: The long term effect of own and spousal parental leave on mothers’ earnings We take advantage of the introduction of a Norwegian parental leave reform in 1993 to identify the causal effect of parental leave on mothers’ long-term earnings. The reform raised the total leave period by seven weeks, but reserved four weeks for the father. READ MORE
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4. “I am solely a professional – neutral and genderless” : on gender bias and gender awareness in the medical profession
Abstract : Aim: During the last decades research has reported seemingly unjustified differences between how women and men are perceived as patients, medical students and physicians. Most studies have been performed outside Scandinavia. READ MORE
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5. Teenagers and Food : The Impact of Culture and Gender on Attitudes towards Food
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