Search for dissertations about: "intergenerational mobility"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words intergenerational mobility.

  2. 26. Families, credit and banks

    Author : Elena Mattana; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis consists of three essays: Flying the Nest: Intergenerational Strategic Interaction, Co-residence, and Social Mobility. Southern Europe is characterized by high levels of intergenerational earnings persistence and high levels of co-residence between parents and their offspring. READ MORE

  4. 27. Education and the Family : Essays in Empirical Labour Economics

    Author : Helena Holmlund; Anders Björklund; Sandra Black; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economics of education; family economics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Estimating Long-Term Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: An Examination of the Siblings Approach In the study of the consequences of teenage motherhood, the siblings approach has been proposed as a strategy to control for unobserved family background. Revisiting this literature, my contribution in adopting the siblings approach lies in controlling for heterogeneity within the family by using pre-motherhood school performance, a characteristic that differs across sisters. READ MORE

  5. 28. Education, Pensions, and Demography

    Author : Jovan Žamac; Nils Gottfries; David de la Croix; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation comprises three essays on demography and intergenerational transfers.Essay 1 investigates the general equilibrium effects of a fertility shock under different intergenerational transfer schemes; where the workers provide for the young and the retired. READ MORE

  6. 29. Family Background and Individual Achievement : Essays in Empirical Labour Economics

    Author : Lena Lindahl; Anders Björklund; Matthew Lindquist; Øivind Anti Nilsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Siblings; income; family background; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : College choice and subsequent earnings. Results using Swedish sibling data. This paper investigates the relationship between college choice and annual earnings, using within-family variation in college choice. READ MORE

  7. 30. Prenatal influences on health outcomes over the lifespan : effects of smoking, socio-economic status and foetal growth

    Author : Lovisa Högberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The most remarkable development during a person‟s life takes place in utero. Through about 280 days of proliferation and differentiation one single cell is developed into a human being. As this is the time when the whole body is formed, it is easy to imagine that exposures during this time can have health consequences over the lifespan. READ MORE