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  1. 1. The Effects of Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance on Employment Outcomes : Evidence from new micro level administrative data at Statistics Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Molly Bernhardsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Social assistance; Unemployment insurance; Employment outcomes; Propensity score matching; Kaplan-Meier estimator;

    Abstract : In this study, I examine the employment effects on average earnings and duration to work during a 45 month period, after receiving social assistance (SA) in October 2019, compared to receiving unemployment insurance (UI) the same month. A distinction is made between two treatment groups; receiving SA in addition to UI (treatment I) and receiving SA (treatment II). READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance on Employment Outcomes : Evidence from new micro level administrative data at Statistics Sweden between 2019-2023

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Molly Bernhardsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Social assistance; Unemployment insurance; Employment outcomes; Propensity score matching; Kaplan-Meier estimator;

    Abstract : In this study, I examine the employment effects on average earnings and duration to work during a 45 month period, after receiving social assistance (SA) in October 2019, compared to receiving unemployment insurance (UI) the same month. A distinction is made between two treatment groups; receiving SA in addition to UI (treatment I) and receiving SA (treatment II). READ MORE

  4. 3. Key challenges in SFI education: teacher’s perspectives

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Fatemeh Heravi; [2023-07-04]
    Keywords : Swedish for immigrants; marketisation; SFI; procurement; Teachers’ challenges; public policy;

    Abstract : Aim: The study aims at investigating SFI teachers’ perspectives about different types of challenges they confront with, and the impact that perceived challenges have on teachers’ practices in Gothenburg, Sweden. Theory: Socio-ecological framework was used to comprehend how multiple factors at various levels affect the teachers work and their practices as well. READ MORE

  5. 4. The invisible micro-practices of strategists in social sustainability work

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mikael Lantz; Patrik Rucinski; [2023-06-29]
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    Abstract : Social sustainability has not previously been studied as a practice and is an understudied area with collaboration as an important practice. However, what constructs collaboration from a micro-level perspective is unclear. This paper looks at how collaboration is constructed by strategists' micro-practices informed by tacit knowledge. READ MORE

  6. 5. China’s Crisis Governance and Evolving State-Society Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ning Ao; [2023]
    Keywords : China; zero-COVID policy; state-society relations; civil rights; interest alignment; evolutionary governance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Existing studies on China’s COVID-19 response have gravitated to a macro-level, formal institutional analysis, focusing either on the effectiveness of the policy in early-stage virus containment or on the growing negative impacts of COVID policy practices on China’s socio-political landscape at the late stage. Using serial interviews accompanied by online observations and documents, this thesis redirects its attention to the micro-level, individual response to China’s crisis governance and COVID policy practices. READ MORE