Search for dissertations about: "insurance education in higher education"

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2. 1. 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. 2. Empirical Essays in Labor and Development Economics

   Author : Wei Si; Andreas Madestam; Peter Fredriksson; Anna Sjögren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peer Effect; Knowledge Spillover; Cognitive Distance; Research Productivity; Public Health Insurance; Labor Supply; Job Mobility; Informality; Labor Market; Higher Education Expansion; Gender Norms; Gender Equality; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained empirical essays in labor and development economics.Diverse Expertise, Peer Effects, and Research Productivity: Does diversity in idea space matter? We empirically explore whether the cognitive distance between collaborators affects peer effects and productivity in creating knowledge. READ MORE

5. 3. Health care financing in China : equity in transition

   Author : Lennart Bogg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Equity; gender; health expenditure; health financing; health insurance; health reform; health services; family planning; maternal health; tuberculosis; China;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is 1) to assess equity in the provision, financing and utilization of health services in the study counties, after the launching of the Chinese health reform, in relation to income and health status, 2) to assess equity in utilization, financial barriers to care and poverty impact and the association of financial variables; alternative health insurance systerns and out-of-pocket financing and the association of non-financial variables; gender, age, education, occupation and geographical distance to health facilities. The data collection was carried out from 1993 to 1996. READ MORE

6. 4. Empirical Essays on Education and Social Insurance Policies

   Author : Caroline Hall; Per Johansson; Peter Fredriksson; Richard Blundell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay 1: This paper evaluates the ef­fects of the introduction of a more comprehensive upper secondary school system in Swe­den in the 1990s. READ MORE

7. 5. Evaluating Institutional Changes in Education and Wage Policy

   Author : Martin Söderström; Peter Fredriksson; Per-Anders Edin; Kjell Salvanes; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Economics; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay I (written with Roope Uusitalo) studies the effects of school choice on segregation. We analyse a reform in Stockholm that changed the admission system of public upper secondary schools. READ MORE