Search for dissertations about: "housing conditions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 138 swedish dissertations containing the words housing conditions.

2. 1. For the Benefit of Everyone? : Explaining the Significance of Swedish Public Housing for Urban Housing Inequality

   Author : Martin Grander; David Clapham; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : Housing; Inequality; Social Housing; Universalism; Discretion; Structures of Housing Provision; Public Housing; Housing Regimes;

   Abstract : Housing has a special place in the Swedish welfare state. Ever since Gustav Möller, Minister for Social Affairs, in 1945 was handed the result of Bostadssociala utredningen, a state investigation on housing from a social perspective, housing has been a bearing pillar in the Swedish ‘Folkhem’. READ MORE

4. 2. Dwelling on Substandard Housing : A multi-site contextualisation of housing deprivation among Romanian Roma

   Author : Dominic Teodorescu; Irene Molina; David Jansson; Michele Lancione; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roma; Romania; Racialisation; Postsocialism; Housing; Community-led strategies; Geography; Geografi;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the housing situation of Romanian Roma in recent times. Many Romanian Roma are relegated to inadequate living condi�tions, and this thesis seeks to further our knowledge of the spaces this group inhabits. READ MORE

5. 3. Living Conditions of People with Intellectual Disabilities : A Study of Health, Housing, Work, Leisure and Social Relations in a Swedish County Population

   Author : Õie Umb-Carlsson; Frits-Axel Wiesel; Karin Sonnander; Anders Möller; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability studies; intellectual disabilities; living conditions; health conditions; mortality; associated disabilities; gender; comparative study; proxy responding; Handikappforskning; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to describe mortality, health and living conditions in an administratively defined county population of people with intellectual disabilities born between 1959 and 1974 (N=213). The living conditions of persons with intellectual disabilities were compared with those of the general population. READ MORE

6. 4. Housing, labour market conditions and regional migration

   Author : Hans Jonsson; Lindh Thomas; Matz Dahlberg; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employment; mobility; housing tenure; matching efficiency; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1: Swedish micro and macro data on internal migration indicate that home-owners on average have a higher propensity to migrate to other labour market areas in response to higher unemployment and job vacancy rates than renters and tenant-owners. This is evidence that owning your home does not constrain labour mobility across labour market areas in comparison to other forms of housing tenure. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Foreclosures and Housing Debt

   Author : Herman Donner; Mats Wilhelmsson; Han-Suck Song; Arno van der Vlist; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Real Estate Economics; Housing; Foreclosure; Mortgage; Hedonic Modeling; Propensity-Score Matching; Informational Asymmetries; Matching Theory; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the field of real estate economics, and specifically, the market for single-family homes. The first three essays examine sales of foreclosed properties, while essay four is on the conversion process of rental apartments to owner-occupied units in the co-operative form. READ MORE