Essays about: "Educational reform"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 essays containing the words Educational reform.
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6. On the Effects of Temporary Residence Permits on the Socio-economic Incorporation of Immigrants : A Study of the Short-term Effects of a Swedish Reform
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The thesis addresses the debate about the impact of immigration policy on the socio-economic incorporation of immigrants. A distinction between rights-based and responsibility-based models of incorporation is made and the effect of a feature of the responsibility-based model, temporary residence permits, on socio-economic incorporation is studied. READ MORE
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7. Paternity Leave and Children's Long-Run Educational Outcomes
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : How a couple shares parental leave following the birth of a child has important implications for time investments in children by each parent. Using a parental leave reform in Sweden that reserved a month of paid leave to each parent, I study the effects of increasing father’s participation in parental leave on children’s long-run educational outcome. READ MORE
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8. Transitioning from Care to Adulthood: Reintegration Experiences of Young People Leaving Residential Care in Ghana
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : Studies on the young people’s transition from care have gained considerable attention in child protection discourse globally but in the African context, it is beginning to take form. Despite the incessant reintegration efforts occasioned by the quest to reform alternative childcare mechanisms in the Ghanaian context, little is known of the experiences of care leavers while they are leaving, and when they are out of care. READ MORE
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9. Paying too fast and too slow - Heterogeneous Life Expectancy and the Swedish Public Pension System
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In many pension systems, pension benefits are calculated based on the life expectancy in the population. However, in recent years the gap in life expectancy and mortality across socioeconomic groups has been growing in Sweden and the OECD. READ MORE
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10. Latvian Language Policy : Unifying or Polarizing? Reconstructing the Political Debate on Language Reform in the Latvian Education System
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingAbstract : Languages are not just systems for communication, they are also often a marker of ethnic and/or national identity and sometimes a politically contentious issue. A country where this is the case is Latvia, which has a large Russian-speaking population. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Russian became the dominant language in public life. READ MORE