Essays about: "Education policy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 551 essays containing the words Education policy.

  1. 11. Is a combination of language and vocational training an effective labour market policy for immigrants? - a quantitative study of Swedish municipalities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Olsson; Robin Stoytchev Sulevani; [2023]
    Keywords : Combination education; Swedish for Immigrants SFI ; Vocational training; Labour market policy; Diff-in-Diff.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In recent years, Swedish municipalities have introduced programs that combine Swedish language education with vocational training. However, due to the novelty and lack of an established framework, data and research on their effectiveness in improving immigrant labour market performance is limited. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Role of Language of Instruction: The Case of Morocco

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Emma Hamre; Yuki Kanayama; [2023]
    Keywords : Language of Instruction; Mother Tongue; Educational Attainment; Gender Gap; Intergenerational Transmission;

    Abstract : This paper explores the differential and intergenerational effects of Morocco's 1983 language policy that changed the language of instruction for most subjects in grades 6 to 12 from French to Classical Arabic. Although the policy has faced ongoing criticism over four decades, the plausible heterogeneous effects of the policy on marginalized groups and its intergenerational impact have yet to be investigated in the literature. READ MORE

  4. 13. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Unconditional cash transfers; needs-based cash grants; welfare targeting; human capital development accumulation; skill formation technology; regression kink design;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. READ MORE

  5. 14. Food waste handling behaviour and their predictors

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Marco Tasca; [2023]
    Keywords : food waste; behaviour; behavioural economics; theory of planned behaviour; Uppsala; consumers;

    Abstract : Around one-third of the total food provided for human consumption goes to waste every year. Previous literature shows that throughout the entire production-consumption chain, the final household stage generates the largest proportion of food waste compared to all the other stages. READ MORE

  6. 15. Policy for Integration - The contextual influence on the actors' role in integrating newly arrived children and youth into elementary school

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Olivia Bygdemark; [2023]
    Keywords : integration; education; policy; sustainable development; policy enactment; newly arrived; migrants; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2016, a national policy package consisting of six support measures was legislated and clarified in the Swedish school law. The six support measures aim to create clarity and guidance for teachers, principals and other relevant actors to integrate newly arrived children and youth and ensure they achieve the national curriculum requirements. READ MORE