Essays about: "Compulsory schooling reforms"

Found 4 essays containing the words Compulsory schooling reforms.

1. 1. The Role of Education in Health Behaviors. An IV Study Using the SHARE Data

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Elvira Wiktorsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Education; Health behaviors; Covid-19; Instrumental variable approach; Compulsory schooling reforms; Health economics; Education economics; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The association between education and health is well documented: more educated individuals live longer and have healthier lives. The incidence of health disparities by education was further accentuated during the Covid-19 pandemic, where the rates of Covid-19 cases and fatalities were higher in communities with less-educated populations. READ MORE

3. 2. Yet Another Brick in the Wall - Investigating whether education is causally related to dementia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Alva Johansson; [2021]
   Keywords : Dementia; education; causal estimation; compulsory schooling reforms; health economics; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper empirically investigates the relationship between education and risk of developing dementia. From a large body of literature, it is well known that higher education associates with better health. This is true both for health in general, but also for more specific diseases like Alzheimer’s. READ MORE

4. 3. Does Education Impact Female Employment?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Matilda Karlsson; Anna Larsson; [2015]
   Keywords : Employment; Education; Gender inequality; 2SLS; IV; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the impact of years of schooling on female employment decisions and on the intensity of employment by using the variation across countries and over birth cohorts in compulsory schooling reforms. The sample includes women aged 25 to 64 from five eurozone countries and the data covers the year of 2010. READ MORE

5. 4. New Academies, Old Problems: An Analysis of Dominant Discourses and their Effects on Equity in English Education Policy Making

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Gavyn Edmunds; [2010]
   Keywords : education policy; globalisation; knowledge-based economy; equity; discourse; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the influence of discourses of globalisation, the knowledge-based economy and neoliberalism on the position of equity in English education policy making. It departs from the assertion that discourses are constitutively important in creating certain rationales for policy reforms within the field of education. READ MORE