Essays about: "economic evaluations"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 76 essays containing the words economic evaluations.

  1. 11. More is more? The effect of increased instruction time on students’ performance – evidence from TIMSS 2019

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Felix Persson; [2021]
    Keywords : instruction time; student achievement; TIMSS; teacher characteristics; PISA; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Students performs differently in international comparable school evaluations such as TIMSS and PISA. One possible explanation discussed in economic research literature is that differences in the amount of instruction time across countries are the reason for international gaps in student performance. READ MORE

  3. 12. Carbon capture from reheating furnaces in the Swedish steel industry : evaluation of techno-economic feasibility

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Energivetenskap

    Author : Anna Haglund; [2020]
    Keywords : Carbon capture; CCS; Swedish steel indusrty; post-combustion;

    Abstract : The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is important to keep climate change under control. One of the largest CO2 emitters of the Swedish industries is the steel industry. This is, among others, due to the need of heat treatments and reheating processes depending on high temperatures and fossil fuels. READ MORE

  4. 13. Erratic Subject Didactics : a Study of Conditions Antecedent to Secondary Education Reform and Their Effects on Social Science Didactics

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

    Author : Shaun Christiani; [2020]
    Keywords : Social science didactics; democratic values; globalization; social issues; secondary education; knowledge requirements;

    Abstract : This paper studies how changing political, economic, and social conditions in and related to Sweden affected its secondary education policy and the role that social science didactics plays. By analyzing Swedish secondary school curricula, the related social science syllabus, education act, and corresponding organizational documents, the causes for, and context of education reform become clear. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Business Case for Sustainable Sourcing : A Corporate Social Opportunity

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Henrik Christensson; Björn Holmdahl; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Purchasing; Sourcing; Screening Evaluation;

    Abstract : Sustainability has become a prevalent societal value and is ubiquitous in public discourse. Securing sustainable economic growth on increasingly globalized markets is perceived by many as one of the greatest challenges of our time. Supply chains have become globally dispersed and are increasingly complex to manage. READ MORE

  6. 15. Grade Leniency and Competition : A study of Swedish Compulsory Level Municipality Schools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Thor; [2020]
    Keywords : School choice; grade inflation; quasi-markets; independent schools; municipalities;

    Abstract : In Sweden, there has been an increased discrepancy between increasing merit ratings and decreasing results in international surveys such as PISA. At the same time, since the 1990s, Sweden has had several reforms that resulted in increased competition, decentralization and trust-based evaluations. READ MORE