Essays about: "educational attainment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 113 essays containing the words educational attainment.

1. 21. Climatic complexity: how do early life weather shocks affect labour income?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Julio Ortega Carrillo; [2022]
   Keywords : Foetal origins hypothesis; Mediation Analysis; weather shocks; Young Lives.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of extreme weather events during gestation and infancy on multiple outcomes, especially early labour income. The subjects are Indian children born between 1993/94 from the Young Lives longitudinal study. The weather shocks are extracted from the NOAA geo-referenced weather data. READ MORE

3. 22. Influences of genetically predicted and attained education on geographical mobility and their association with mortality : A cohort study investigating the influence of genetic predisposition to higher education as well as attained education on geographic mobility and differences in mortality risk in Swedish twins born 1926-1955

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Elsa Ojalehto; [2022]
   Keywords : Polygenic score; Attained education; Geographic mobility; Mortality; Socioeconomic status;

   Abstract : Introduction Research show that both educational attainment and genetic propensity to education (PGSEdu) can be associated with geographic mobility and that individuals living in more deprived areas tend to have poorer health while those living in more advantaged places tend to have better health. In this thesis, the aim was to study how polygenic scores for education and attained education influence and differ by geographic mobility, and how they influence the association between geographic mobility and mortality. READ MORE

4. 23. Suffering From Attention

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Gustav Lundström; [2022]
   Keywords : Sibling sex composition; parental investment; schooling; mental and physical health; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : I examine a favourite child's effect on educational attainment and mental and physical health and well-being. In the favourite child effect, based on parental preferences in the sex composition of children using a proxy for parental investment, I can assess how parents distinguish inputs based on the sex of their children. READ MORE

5. 24. Female Internal Migration: The case of Peru

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Xiomara Seminario Candiotti; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study has been to provide a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic situation of migrant women in the context of Peru, a country historically marked by internal migration rates. It has been found that migrant women are socially excluded in relation to three socioeconomic indicators (1) employment sector, (2) educational attainment and (3) healthcare coverage, predominantly in the latter. READ MORE

6. 25. The Struggle of Education in Hausaland, Nigeria - A document analysis of education’s effect on Hausa children’s social mobility

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Jacqueline Olsen; [2022]
   Keywords : Hausa children; education; social mobility; socio-economic inequalities; cultural practices; educational institutions and policies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Education is known to be the most prominent factor of social mobility, meanwhile, in Nigeria, the system fuels school dropouts. Thus, this thesis analyses the structures, norms and behavior behind policies and practices of education in Nigeria, and how they may affect Hausa children’s social mobility. READ MORE