Essays about: "Generations and Gender survey"

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  1. 1. Social Gradients in Subjective Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Johansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Subjective Well-being; SWB; COVID-19; pandemic; Sweden; social gradients; foreign-born; health inequalities; resources;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments around the globe to employ various measures, such as social distancing and quarantine, to prevent its spread. The pandemic contributed to drastic changes in everyday life, through economic shocks, fear of the virus, morbidity, and mortality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Generation Green Exploring the Influence of Demographic Factors and EU-Regulations on Sustainable Investment Decisions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Henry Strandh; Alex Lindberg; [2023-08-25]
    Keywords : Sustainable investment; Funds; SFDR; Demographic factors; Age;

    Abstract : The global challenges associated with social and environmental problems have opened up new investment opportunities, more commonly referred to as sustainable investments. The concept of sustainable investment raises questions about which different groups and individuals in society tend to choose it over conventional investments. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Tale of Two Sets of Opportunities. An exploration of Inequality of Opportunity among natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Irem Ucan; [2023]
    Keywords : Inequality of Opportunity; normative economics; Shapley decomposition; second-generation immigrants; income inequality; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the extent of income inequality that is attributed inherited circumstances such as social and family background, denoted as Inequality of Opportunity or IOp, for natives and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity captures the between-type inequality, when individuals are grouped into types based on these predetermined circumstances, which involves parametrically estimating the average outcome of each type and comparing these averages between types. READ MORE

  5. 4. Childhood household composition and future economic outcomes : Are children of single parent families experiencing growing disadvantages as adults in Sweden?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Mikaelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Childhood household composition; Single parent households; Cumulative disadvantages; Socioeconomic background; Education; Family Sociology; Social stratification; Generations and Gender Survey GGS ;

    Abstract : Family is a unit of socialization and transmitter of social, cultural and economic resources. Thus family arrangements may result in unequal future outcomes for the children growing up in them. A case in point is children from single parent households. READ MORE

  6. 5. Young parenthood in Sweden : The influence on fertility of education among young adults, 1980-2014

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Marina Kullbrandt; [2021]
    Keywords : Young adults; Young parents; Fertility; Transition to first birth; Sweden; Education;

    Abstract : There are indications that young adults, and especially young parents, are inincreasingly economically challenging positions. Educational attainment is commonly used in research evaluating fertility behaviour, while less is known how the relationship between education and fertility has changed over time. READ MORE