Search for dissertations about: "twins school"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words twins school.

  2. 1. Family matters : Essays in Applied Microeconomics

    Author : Sara Mikkelsen; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Portfolio choice; Wealth; Children; Fertility; Consumption; Mobility; Paternity leave; Gender; Education; STEM; Sex composition; Twins; Income;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers in applied microeconomics with family as a common theme. The first paper documents how the financial portfolios of parents change in response to the birth of a child. READ MORE

  4. 2. Don't be late for school again : Essays on education and support for democracy

    Author : Darrel Robinson; Sven Oskarsson; Katrin Uba; Peter Thisted Dinesen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; support for democracy; political knowledge; authoritarianism; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : An extensive body of work has found that countries with relatively educated populations are more likely to be democratically governed. Further, a large body of work argues that education is associated with a host of individual-level factors, such as political participation and democratic values, which provides a micro-level mechanism to explain the link between education and democracy. READ MORE

  5. 3. Genes, History and Economics

    Author : Björn Wallace; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : 1. Introduction This dissertation consists of six chapters that span a very diverse set of topics. Yet, it has two unifying themes, economics and biology, that tie it together. READ MORE

  6. 4. Health, Skills and Labor Market Success

    Author : Anton Nilsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health; health care demand; patient fees; unemployment; school reforms; earnings; education; skills;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the interplay between education, labor markets and health. It consists of five studies exploiting large-scale administrative datasets from Sweden. The first study asks if health and educational attainment are related within monozygotic twin (MZ) pairs. READ MORE

  7. 5. Foodwork and meals in everyday life among persons with dementia and their partners

    Author : Linda Johansson; Lennart Christensson; Birgitta Sidenvall; Anita Björklund; Anna-Karin Edberg; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; aged; dementia; food; home nursing; independent living; malnutrition; meals;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore and describe foodwork and meals for older persons with dementia and their partners in ordinary homes.Descriptive and explorative designs were used in the four papers this thesis is based on. READ MORE