Search for dissertations about: "illegal economy"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words illegal economy.
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1. Illegal yet Licit : Justifying Informal Purchases of Work in Contemporary Sweden
Abstract : Svart arbete, informal purchases of work, is a widely debated societal phenomenon in Sweden. It is often seen as detrimental to contemporary welfare society, eroding taxpaying morals, fair competition and solidarity with fellow citizens. Acknowledged as wrong, it is in many instances also an acceptable and commonplace exchange practice. READ MORE
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2. Outside the Law : An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá
Abstract : Millions of people worldwide work outside the law as street vendors in order to earn a living. However, they often work in fear of police evictions and confiscations since their work is in many places considered illegal. READ MORE
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3. Social Dilemmas: The Role of Incentives, Norms and Institutions
Abstract : The subject of this dissertation is social dilemmas. In a social dilemma situation, there is a clear incentive not to cooperate. However, if nobody cooperates, then everybody is worse off than if they had cooperated. The question we try to answer in this dissertation is what prevents non-cooperation. READ MORE
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4. Maternal outcome of pregnancy in Mozambique with special reference to abortion-related morbidity and mortality
Abstract : In the capital city of one of the least developed countries, and using a hospital-based approach, the general aim was to characterise women who have undergone illegally and legally induced abortions, and to show the magnitude of both maternal mortality and abortion-related severe morbidity in adolescents and non-adolescents, in order to call the attention of decision-makers and health planners to this hazardous reality. Methods: In the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of the Hospital Central do Maputo, 103 women undergoing induced legal abortion (LA), 103 women with confirmed, recent illegal abortion (IA), and 100 antenatal clinic (AC) attendees were compared, in order to find characteristic features regarding level of education, habitation, household, employment and religious belief. READ MORE
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5. Essays on Economics of Natural Resource Management and Experiments
Abstract : This thesis has five self-contained essays. The titles and the abstracts of the various essays are as follows. Paper 1: Natural Resource use Conflict: Gold Mining in Tropical Rainforest in Ghana: Gold is frequently mined in rainforests that can provide either gold or forest benefits, but not both. READ MORE