Essays about: "Spells"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the word Spells.

  1. 1. Spillover effects from parental unemployment on children's educational and early labour market outcomes - Evidence from Germany

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Celina Tippmann; [2023]
    Keywords : Intergenerational spillover; Education; Plant closure; Entropy balancing; Socioeconomic Panel;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the intergenerational impact of parental unemployment on children's educational and early labour market outcomes. To mitigate selection bias, the empirical strategy relies on plausibly exogenous job ends and applies entropy balancing. READ MORE

  3. 2. Influence of climate change on Organism Abundance in the Kiruna Region, Northern Sweden: Insights from-long term high-quality DNA sequencing

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Anton Sandström; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; ecology; microorganisms; DNA-sequencing;

    Abstract : This study investigates if the area around Kiruna, Northern Sweden has experienced large shifts in weather conditions and whether these have affected organism abundances. With a significant increase in global temperature and an increase in average temperature of 1. READ MORE

  4. 3. Co-occurring Cold Extremes in North America and Unusually Warm Weather in Europe

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Petros Stergiou; [2023]
    Keywords : Extreme temperature events co-occurrence; cold spells; warm extremes; Europe; North America; Pan-Atlantic atmospheric teleconnections; Samtidiga extrema temperaturhändelser; kalla extrema; varma extrema; Europa; Nordamerika; Pan-Atlantiska atmosfäriska telekopplingar;

    Abstract : In this project, we identified and examined the 50 coldest extreme temperature eventsin North America (CENA) and the 50 warmest extreme temperature events insouthwestern Europe (WEEU) during the winter seasons from 1948 to 2023. For theanalysis, we utilized daily NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data for temperature, sea levelpressure (SLP), and 500hPa geopotential height (Z500). READ MORE

  5. 4. On the generosity of unemployment insurance and its effects on reemployment wages : Is unemployment due to pickiness?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Häggkvist; [2022]
    Keywords : UI; Labor; Labour;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the effects of increasing the generosity of the Swedish unemployment benefit on labor outcomes. This is done using a regression discontinuity model on displaced Swedish white-collar workers between years 2004-2015 studying unemployment duration and post-unemployment wages. READ MORE

  6. 5. The relation between extreme heat and ENSO and characterization of health risks in relation to varying levels of UTCI

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

    Author : Emanuel Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : El Niño; ENSO; relative risk; heat waves; cold spells; UTCI; cardiovascular diseases; exposure; Taiwan.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : As a result of climate change, temperatures have been steadily increasing in the last half century and extreme weather events such as storms, extreme heat, extreme precipitation and cold spells have been observed to occur more frequently. This comes with potential consequences for lives and health. READ MORE