Search for dissertations about: "prevention economics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words prevention economics.
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1. Energy efficiency, district heating and waste management : essays on environmental economics
Abstract : Paper [I] investigates the energy efficiency of multi-dwelling buildings in Sweden to find out whether the ownership type matters. More specifically, we investigate whether rental apartment buildings are less energy efficient than cooperative apartment buildings and whether public ownership has a negative impact on energy efficiency. READ MORE
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2. Caring, Sharing, and Childbearing : Essays on Labor Supply, Infant Health, and Family Policies
Abstract : Essay I: I study the consequences on labor market outcomes and sick leave of having an elderly parent in need of care. Caring for an elderly parent may be associated with opportunity costs such as productivity loss on the labor market if informal caregivers are of working age. READ MORE
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3. Stated preference methods and empirical analyses of equity in health economics
Abstract : This dissertation considers two different aspects of health economics; (i) stated preference methods and (ii) empirical analyses of equity. The first essay deals with the issue of the choice of econometric models when analysing data from a closed-ended contingent valuation survey in health economics. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Discrimination in Hiring
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on discrimination in hiring. Essay I (co-authored with Dan-Olof Rooth) present evidence of ethnic discrimination in the recruitment process by sending fictitious applications to real job openings. READ MORE
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5. Spatial and Economic Values of Ecosystem Services : The Case of Sweden's Forests
Abstract : The objective of this licentiate thesis is to determine the value of ecosystem services and their relative importance, and to develop methods to weight these benefits against the market value of timber and other uses for forests. These issues are addressed in two papers with a focus on spatial modeling of ecosystem services and the method of benefit transfer. READ MORE