Essays about: "Reform"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 838 essays containing the word Reform.

1. 16. Equal for all? : A study of the alignment between communal guidelines on home care services and the Social Service Act (SoL)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Elise Planchard; [2023]
   Keywords : Communal guidelines; eldercare; welfare; SoL; bureaucracy; kommunala riktlinjer; äldreomsorg; välfärd; SoL; byråkrati;

   Abstract : This study explores how municipalities in Sweden interpret and apply the Social Services Act in their provision of eldercare, specifically in their original place of residence, which has been their responsibility since the 1992 elder care reform. Despite a national ambition for equal eldercare provision, municipalities have significant flexibility in shaping their own guidelines based on local conditions. READ MORE

3. 17. The Role of Education in Shaping Migration Decisions: An Analysis of the Higher Education Reform of 1977 in Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Patrick Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : migration; educational reforms; geography; causal effect; difference in differences;

   Abstract : This study examines whether or not Sweden’s education reform in 1977, which established new university colleges in selected urban municipalities, had a spillover effect on people’s migration decisions toward rural municipalities and, if so, how that effect varied across demographic groups. To test this, a difference-in-differences method with a fixed effect setting is used in combination with Coarsened Exact Matching to create the best-matched control group. READ MORE

4. 18. Using Gender Quotas to Legitimise Non-Democracies : A critical discourse analysis of the Algerian gender quota

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Cajsa Hemström; [2023]
   Keywords : gender quota; autocratic gender-washing; feminist institutionalism; Algeria; critical discourse analysis; gender reform; WPP;

   Abstract : This thesis examines a gender quota in Algeria to determine if signs can be found that it was adopted to improve the regime’s image, rather than to empower women. Such symbolic gender reforms are also known as autocratic gender-washing and are problematic as they are generally viewed as democratisation efforts but have no such effect. READ MORE

5. 19. Killer-acquisitions by the big tech giants and the EU’s merger control in a fast-evolving digital era

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Sean Stevens; [2023]
   Keywords : Killer Acquisitions; M A; EU Merger Control; Big Tech Giants; Digital Market; Competition Policy; Antitrust Laws; Regulatory Intervention; Distorting Innovations; Merger Thresholds; Transactional Value; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This research paper examines the European Union's merger control regime and its efficacy in addressing the killer acquisitions by big tech firms in the fast-evolving digital sphere. It investigates the legal framework, competition policy objectives, and more importantly the impact of the digital sector on EU competition policy. READ MORE

6. 20. The Impact Of Mandatory Non-Financial Disclosure On The Profitability of Listed Financial Institutions.

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för ekonomi

   Author : Melvin Bernard Kolleh; Michael Kusi Ofori; Stephen Addo; [2023]
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   Abstract : Title: The impact of Mandatory Non-financial Disclosure on the profitability of listed financial institutions. A quantitative study on Financial Institutions in the European Union.  Level: Master’s program in Business Administration, Accounting.  Authors: M. READ MORE