Search for dissertations about: "high-school"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 96 swedish dissertations containing the word high-school.

  2. 11. Upper Secondary Education: Access, Choices and Graduation

    Author : Vivika Halapuu; Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Sandra McNally; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary education; Vocational education; Access to education; School choice; Skill inputs; High school performance; Graduation standards; School-to-work transition; Job match quality; Disability insurance; Education policy; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: We study how Swedish high school students match with programs given their skill endowments at the time of choosing. Using detailed administrative data on high school admissions and earlier school achievement, we construct a multidimensional measure of program match quality, reflecting the extent to which students select into programs with skill requirements that align with their skill portfolio. READ MORE

  4. 12. On Stage! Playwriting, Directing and Enacting the Informing Processes

    Author : Björn Abelli; Péter Révay; Carl G. Thunman; Allan Janik; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information systems; theatre; system development; folk high school; Informatics; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

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  5. 13. Self-reported health and social alienation in Swedish adolescents : a cross-sectional study among high-school students in Stockholm

    Author : Safipour Jalal; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : adolescents;

    Abstract : Background: Adolescents' health-damaging behaviors and social alienation of young people are recognized as public-health problems. One of the hypotheses that is emerging and evolving in the sociology, physiology, and health fields is that individuals with a great feeling of alienation are at risk of mental health problems and present negative health-risk behaviors. READ MORE

  6. 14. Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of Unemployment Insurance : Identification, Estimation and Inference

    Author : Mathias von Buxhoeveden; Björn Öckert; Johan Vikström; Rafael Lalive; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Economics; Unemployment Insurance; Wage Level and Structure; Job Search; Duration Analysis; Econometric and Statistical Methods; Selection Models; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Wage setting models typically posit a tight relationship between the generosity of unemployment insurance (UI) and equilibrium wages. This paper estimates the effect of UI on workers’ wages. READ MORE

  7. 15. Essays in Education Economics

    Author : Jonas Lundstedt; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; grading; feedback; education outcomes; natural experiment; HBSC; signaling; human capital; student aid; parents;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of three self-contained papers in the economics of education. The first chapter examines the effect of more informative feedback on student performance. READ MORE