Search for dissertations about: "unequal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 192 swedish dissertations containing the word unequal.

  2. 1. Unequal Opportunities : The Impact of Social Capital and Recruitment Methods on Immigrants and Their Children in the Swedish Labour Market

    Author : Alireza Behtoui; Carl-Ulrik Schierup; Mahmood Arai; Carl le Grand; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social capital; social network; recruitment process; discrimination; immigrants; Social kapital; socialt nätverk; rekryteringsprocess; diskriminering; invandrare; Ethnicity; Etnicitet;

    Abstract : Avhandlingen består av tre empiriska studier som undersöker effekten av socialt kapital för individernas arbetsmarknadsutfall, utifrån två huvudsakliga frågeställningar. För det första: Vilka individuella egenskaper, såsom utbildningsnivå, genus och ursprungsland, underlättar eller försvårar tillgång till socialt kapital? Här studeras den avkastning som socialt kapital genererar på arbetsmarknaden, jämfört med utbildning och arbetslivserfarenhet. READ MORE

  4. 2. Understanding unequal outcomes : Studies on gender, social status and foreignness

    Author : Emma von Essen; Astri Muren; Magnus Johannesson; Lise Vesterlund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; individual preferences; discrimination; gender; status; foreignness; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : In economics there are two main domains of explanation for understanding unequal outcomes. The first considers differences in individual preferences, while the second concerns differences in how individuals are treated.Part I of the thesis comprises four articles pertaining to the first explanation. READ MORE

  5. 3. Old and Unequal? : An Institutional Analysis of Pension Systems' Driving Forces and Outcomes in Affluent OECD Countries

    Author : Laure Doctrinal; Rense Nieuwenhuis; Kenneth Nelson; Susan Kuivalainen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pension privatization; retirement; inequality; economic independence; social sustainability; gender; partisan politics; social policy; welfare state; pension systems; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The growing privatization of old-age pension systems in many high-income countries in the late 20th century has raised serious concerns regarding their social sustainability. Compared to public pensions, private pensions tend to be associated with greater income inequality and less economic well-being. READ MORE

  6. 4. On unequal probability sampling designs

    Author : Anton Grafström; Lennart Bondesson; Sara De Luna; Imbi Traat; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; conditional Poisson sampling; correlated Poisson sampling; entropy; extended Sampford sampling; Horvitz-Thompson estimator; inclusion probabilities; list-sequential sampling; non-rejective implementation; Pareto sampling; Poisson sampling; probability functions; ratio estimator; real-time sampling; repeated Poisson sampling; Sampford sampling; sampling designs; splitting method; unequal probability sampling; Mathematical statistics; Matematisk statistik; Mathematical Statistics; matematisk statistik;

    Abstract : The main objective in sampling is to select a sample from a population in order to estimate some unknown population parameter, usually a total or a mean of some interesting variable. When the units in the population do not have the same probability of being included in a sample, it is called unequal probability sampling. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Unequal Playing Field : Headquarters’ Attention and Subsidiary Voice in Multinational Corporations

    Author : Hammad ul Haq; Desirée Blankenburg Holm; Rian Drogendijk; Tina Ambos; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : attention; communication; issue selling; subsidiary initiatives; multinational corporation; headquarter-subsidiary relationship; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Attention of top managers has an impact on future direction of an organization according to the attention-based view of the firm. In the context of multinational corporations, headquarters’ attention is likely to influence the actions and behavior of subsidiaries. READ MORE