Search for dissertations about: "transitions in old age"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words transitions in old age.

  2. 1. Inequalities in life and death : Income and mortality in an ageing population

    Author : Johan Rehnberg; Johan Fritzell; Stefan Fors; Ylva B. Almquist; Martijn Huisman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; income; health; mortality; ageing; inequality; age-as-leveler; cumulative disadvantage; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Income serves as an indicator of success relative to others, and provides individuals with resources that strengthen their capability to face challenges and benefit from opportunities. Out of all social determinants of health, income is one of the strongest predictors of health outcomes. READ MORE

  4. 2. Work, wealth, and well-being : Essays in macroeconomics

    Author : Jonna Olsson; Per Krusell; Timo Boppart; Aysegul Sahin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract :     Structural transformation of the labor market and the aggregate economyWomen's increased involvement in the economy has been the most significant change in labor markets during the past century. In this paper, I account for this period of structural change of the labor market in a macroeconomic model, and study how the increase in female labor force participation has affected the economy's response to aggregate shocks. READ MORE

  5. 3. Understanding the meaning of past, present and future in advanced age : very old persons’ experiences of ageing

    Author : Margareta Nilsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : very old people; lived experience; quality of life; transitions in old age; philosophy of life; life stories; phenomenological hermeneutics; EH Erikson theory;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to understand elderly people's lived experiences of ageing and their life situation in very old age. The participating persons have been involved in and followed through all studies in the thesis. READ MORE

  6. 4. Depression and chronic diseases in old age : understanding their interplay for better health

    Author : Federico Triolo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Late-life depression is intricately linked with somatic diseases. This thesis aimed to systematically explore this complex interplay. READ MORE

  7. 5. Worse than Complex

    Author : Petter Törnberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Developmental Theory; Complexity; Transitions; Naturalism; Innovation; Wicked Systems; Social Movements; Digital Trace Data; Innovation Society; Critical Realism;

    Abstract : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. READ MORE