Is welfare dependency inherited? Estimating the causal welfare transmission effects using Swedish sibling data [PDF]
This study tests whether individuals who grow up with parents on welfare benefits are themselves more (or less) likely to be welfare recipients as young adults, compared to individuals who grow up in non-welfare households.
Edmark, Karin, Hanspers, Kajsa
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Is welfare dependency inherited? Estimating the causal welfare transmission effects using Swedish sibling data [PDF]
, 2011 This study tests whether individuals who grow up with parents on welfare benefits are themselves more (or less) likely to be welfare recipients as young adults, compared to individuals who grow up in non-welfare households.
Edmark, Karin, Hanspers, Kajsa
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Education policy and early fertility: lessons from an expansion of upper secondary schooling [PDF]
This paper studies effects of education policy on early fertility. We study a major educational reform in Sweden in which vocational tracks in upper secondary school were prolonged from two to three years and the curricula were made more academic.
Grönqvist, Hans, Hall, Caroline
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Vilka var de? Nätuniversitetets studenter ht 2003 [PDF]
, 2005 Vid Centrum för utvärderingsforskning vid Umeå universitet bedrivs sedan år 2003 en utvärdering av Nätuniversitetets studentnytta. Uppdragsgivare är Myndigheten för Sveriges nätuniversitet. Föreliggande rapport är en delstudie inom projektet.
Mårald, Gunilla, Westerberg, Pernilla
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Nurses experiences of identifying early signs of sepsis in neonatal children : an interview study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Bacterial systemic infection (sepsis) in the neonatal (0-28 days old) infant is a potentially life threatening condition and requires rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Färnström, Emma, Udd, Jeanette
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Platskänslan på en innergård i Göteborg - En jämförelse mellan planerarnas vision och de boendes uppfattning [PDF]
, 2014 This case study, “The sense of place in a courtyard in Gothenburg”, examines whether the city planners’ vision correspond to the residents’ perception regarding the sense of place and the physical environment in a courtyard in Gothenburg. By carrying out
Almqvist, Madeleine, Joelsson, Ida
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The role of marriage in the causal pathway from economic conditions early in life to mortality [PDF]
, 2011 This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of ...
Gupta, Sumedha, van den Berg, Gerard J.
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Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education [PDF]
This paper estimates the effects on earnings of “gap years” between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using ...
Holmlund, Bertil +2 more
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Kvalitet i IT-stödd distansutbildning - En rapport från arbetsgruppen för kvalitetskriterier [PDF]
, 2003 Myndigheten för Sveriges nätuniversitet tillsatte i augusti 2002 en arbetsgrupp med uppdrag att ta fram förslag till kvalitetskriterier för IT-stödd distansutbildning samt förslag till fortsatt arbete med kvalitetsfrågor.
Rathsman, Inger
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Doctoral Courses in Theology and Religious Studies: New Forms for Examination and Nordic and Interdisciplinary Co-operation [PDF]
, 2008 Traditionally, doctoral studies at the Theological faculty are conducted individually, at least when it comes to tutoring, literature courses and examination. Apart from this, regular seminars are held for discussing papers and preliminary chapters.
Gustafsson, Gabriella
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