Search for dissertations about: "intergenerational mobility"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words intergenerational mobility.

  2. 21. Perspectives on human capital : economic growth, occupational choice and intergenerational mobility

    Author : Anna Sjögren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of three essays, taking different perspectives on human capital. The first essay looks at human capital from a growth perspective. Essays two and three focuses on the individual’s occupational decision and its relation to family background. READ MORE

  4. 22. Essays on the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage : The Role of Prenatal Health and Fertility

    Author : André Richter; Markus Jäntti; Anders Björklund; Magnus Johannesson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four chapters on the role of prenatal health and fertility on the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. The first two are related, and the third and fourth chapters are independent essays. READ MORE

  5. 23. The Expansion of Higher Education in Sweden and the Issue of Equality of Opportunity

    Author : Susanna Holzer; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher Education; Intergenerational Educational Mobility; Relocalization; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes to what extent the political means of rapidly increasing higher education in the 1990s in Sweden has increased educational inequalities (i.e. the choice of attending higher education has become less dependent on family background in the 1990s than before). READ MORE

  6. 24. Social Mobilities : Multidimensionality, Operationalization, and Subgroup Heterogeneity

    Author : Max Thaning; Martin Hällsten; Rense Nieuwenhuis; Per Engzell; Jani Erola; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Mobility; Social Stratification; Socio-economic inequality; Subgroup Heterogeneity; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Social mobility is a key concern for societies, as it reflects levels of inequality, life chances, and fairness. A higher mobility rate implies that individuals are less constrained by their family origins. READ MORE

  7. 25. Essays on Labor Supply and Adjustment Frictions

    Author : Jósef Sigurdsson; Torsten Persson; Arash Nekoei; Peter Fredriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intertemporal labor supply; Frisch elasticity; Labor supply; Adjustment frictions; Geographic mobility; Moving costs; Comparative advantage; Wage rigidity; Monetary policy; Consumption; Household debt; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Labor Supply Responses and Adjustment Frictions: A Tax-Free Year in IcelandHow does labor supply respond to a temporary wage change? To answer this question, I study an unexpected and salient tax reform in Iceland in 1987 that resulted in a year free of labor income taxes, but creating only minimal income effects, offering an ideal natural experiment. I first construct a new employer-employee dataset from digitized administrative records for the population. READ MORE