Essays about: "effects of international association"

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  1. 1. Textual Attributes of Integrated Reports and Economic Benefits: Evidence from a voluntary setting

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Tilde Emilsson; Ebba Kjellberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Integrated Reporting; Textual Attributes; Voluntary Disclosures; IIRF;

    Abstract : This paper examines the economic benefits associated with textual attributes of Integrated Reports. Integrated Reporting is a corporate disclosure combining financial and non-financial information, and has since 2010 been mandatory for firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. READ MORE

  3. 2. Independent Schools and Academic Achievement: A Synthetic Control Approach on Swedish Municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Folke Schröder Frykhammar; Anna Sandros Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Education quality; School privatization; Vouchers; Education reform; Synthetic Control;

    Abstract : During the early 1990's, the Swedish school system underwent a period of groundbreaking reforms, including the contentious independent school reform. The reforms coincided with a decline of Swedish results in international educational assessments, leading to a debate on whether independent schools positively or negatively contribute to students learning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Stolen moments: a mixed-method thesis on loneliness in tertiary education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Hjalmar Durling; [2023]
    Keywords : loneliness; university; social exclusion; emotional loneliness; social loneliness; mixed-method; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis employs a mixed-method sequential explanatory design to investigate perceived loneliness. In the first phase, using survey data from SOM-undersökningen (2023), the quantitative analysis uncovers an association between tertiary education and perceived loneliness in Sweden; diverging from established literature that links education to improved subjective health outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Study of value factors as a metric for Swedish electricity

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

    Author : Erik Sjöström; [2021]
    Keywords : Value factor; cost of electricity;

    Abstract : The Swedish electricity market was historically based on predictable and controllable power plants. The introduction variable renewable energy (VRE) sources in the market have led to less predictability and larger short-term variations in the generation profiles. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Effects of Number of Births on Educational Outcomes: A Regional-Level Comparative Study of Peru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rosita Hortencia Espinoza Dios; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Learning attainments of children in Peru have remained at low levels according to international assessment. The country has carried out several educational policies from different perspectives aiming to raise the school achievements of students in primary and secondary education, nevertheless the levels of satisfactory attainments at the regional level show severe contrast between less and more competitive regions. READ MORE