Essays about: "Pensions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 essays containing the word Pensions.
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1. Do institutional investors care about material ESG disclosure? Evidence from the SASB standards
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This paper examines the relationship between institutional ownership and SASB disclosure, by applying a linear probability model with fixed effects to our panel dataset. We find that certain groups of institutional investors demand SASB disclosure, and that their demand is sensitive to the disclosure costs faced by firms, namely information production and proprietary costs. READ MORE
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2. The pension reform of 1948 and its potential effect on health for older adults in Sweden during the middle of the 20th century : A description of the pension reforms in the eldercare between the years of 1913 and 1948 in Sweden, and the potential effect of the reform in 1948 on death rates for those 67 years and older during the middle of the 20th century.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskapAbstract : Background: In 1946, a proposal was made for a law on national pensions with the aim of reforming the pension system and giving pensioners better finances, which later was implemented at 1948. The theory of the social determinants of health suggests that income is an important factor that has an impact on health. READ MORE
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3. The Individualised Swedish Pension System: A qualitative study on foreign-born women's retirement planning
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The Swedish pension reform in the 1990s introduced several individualistic features and a debate has emerged on the implications of the structure and if policymakers behind the reform had unrealistic assumptions on economic behaviour. Given the potential negative implications of the current structure and the projections on how foreign-born women is at risk of receiving future low pensions, a qualitative study was done focusing on the individual reflections on how some foreign-born women perceive their future retirement and how they navigate when making pension-related decisions. READ MORE
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4. A comparative discussion on the typology of two nations’ pension policies : In a quest for a flawless pension structure for our seniors
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : The pension systems of Sweden and Singapore are compared in this thesis paper using the most recent developments in welfare-regime analysis. The author examines how the two countries’ policy systems are responding in light of Esping- Anderson’s welfare regime theory because the researcher thinks it will be fascinating and challenging also to compare the pension systems of the aforementioned countries. READ MORE
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5. An interactive web tool for importing data to a graph database
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknikAbstract : As society becomes more data-driven, new alternative technologies to the more traditional relational database model arise. One of these technologies is the graph database model, which stores the data as nodes and edges, where the edges define the relationships between the nodes representing entities. READ MORE
