Search for dissertations about: "health economics gender"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words health economics gender.

2. 1. Gender, health, the decisions we make and the actions we take

   Author : Devon Spika; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gender; Health; Education; Inequality; Human capital; Field experiment; Gym attendance; Incentives; Commitment contract; Self-control; Books; Norms; Stereotypes; Children; Sweden; Mental health; Concentration index; RIF-Regression; Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises of four self-contained papers that use both experimental and applied micro-econometric methods to explore different aspects of gender, health, the decisions we make, and the actions we take. In the first paper we investigate changes in psychiatric diagnoses and their income-related inequalities over time in Sweden and attempt to disentangle the development by decomposing changes over time in terms of population-level changes in education and migration background. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Empirical Development Economics: Education, Health and Gender

   Author : Martina Björkman; Jakob Svensson; Paul Gertler; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development economics; applied microeconometrics; education; health; gender; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical essays in development economics on education, health and gender."Income Shocks and Gender Gaps in Education: Evidence from Uganda" uses exogenous variation in rainfall across districts in Uganda to estimate the causal effects of household income shocks on children's enrollment and cognitive skills conditional on gender. READ MORE

5. 3. Unemployment, Employment Commitment and Well-being : The Psychosocial Meaning of (Un)employment among Women and Men

   Author : Mikael Nordenmark; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Unemployment; Employment; Psychosocial; Employment Commitment; Well-being; Women; Men; Family; Gender studies; Genus; Psychology; Psykologi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Sociology; Sociologi; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to study the psychosocial meaning of (un)employment among women and men. This is mainly done by analysing employment commitment, or non-financial employment motivation, and mental well-being among a random sample of 3 500 Swedes that were interviewed in the beginning of 1996, when all were unemployed, and then again in the end of 1997, when the labour market situation varied. READ MORE

6. 4. Microeconometric Analyses of Individual Behavior in Public Welfare Systems : Applications in Health and Education Economics

   Author : Daniel Avdic; Per Johansson; Johan Vikström; Colin Cameron; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; causal effect; public policy; health behavior; gender norms; learning-by-doing; health care access; time-to-graduation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1: Women have more absenteeism while simultaneously live longer than men. This pattern suggests that men and women's preferences for sickness absence might differ due to e.g. READ MORE

7. 5. Women's and Men's Health care utilisation from a cost perspective

   Author : Ingrid Osika Friberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sex; Gender; Health care economics and organisations; Health care costs; Dialysis; Eczema; Psoriasis; Sweden;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore sex differences in health care utilisation and costs (i) in a region in Sweden, (ii) in treatment of dialysis patients across the region, and (iii) in the treatment of specified dermatological diagnoses at an outpatient specialist clinic. Data were retrieved from medical records and health care and pharmaceutical databases, including cost estimates and survey data, and were analysed stratified by sex. READ MORE