Essays about: "birth-cohorts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word birth-cohorts.

  1. 1. Personality and Cognitive Aging - A Population-Based Longitudinal Study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Durehed; [2021-06-22]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : We investigated effects of Extraversion, Neuroticism, and the Lie scale, from the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), on level and change in late life cognition. The data (N=554) were drawn from two birth cohorts (1901/02, 1906/07) as part of the Gothenburg H70 study, where cognition was subsequently measured on five tests at ages 70, 75, and 79. READ MORE

  3. 2. How does increased retirement age affect women’s employment and health? Evidence from Italy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Albin Palmqvist; [2019-10-02]
    Keywords : Pension reform; Blue Collar; Difference-in-difference;

    Abstract : This paper uses a pension reform in Italy to estimate how increased retirement age affect employment and health for women on the cusp of retirement. Using variation between birth cohorts and employing a difference-in-difference design, I estimate that an increase in retirement age by 2.75 or 3. READ MORE

  4. 3. Conservative shift or business as usual? : A cross-generational study in levels of social conservatism.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Marcus Makovac; [2019]
    Keywords : Social conservatism; cross-generational; birth-cohorts; conservative stimuli;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to study generational differences in social conservatism. The research centered around three questions. Firstly, have levels of political social conservatism increased in the youngest generation as compared to previous. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mass challenge or vital necessity? An evaluation of Swedish post-war immigration in a general equilibrium framework

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Markus Pettersson; [2018]
    Keywords : Immigration; Fiscal policy; Welfare; Computable general equilibrium CGE model; Overlapping generations OLG ;

    Abstract : Using a computable general equilibrium model with overlapping generations, this thesis analyses the impact of post-war immigration (1960-2015) on the Swedish economy. Three counterfactual scenarios are compared with a baseline scenario based on the observed economic development of Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Childhood neighborhood and the transition to parenthood in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ezdani Khan Sabil; [2018]
    Keywords : Neighborhood; Fertility; Parenthood; Attitude; Value; Scalable neighborhood; Segregation; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis is exploring the association between childhood neighborhood and the time of the transition to parenthood. In addition, it also explores the relationship between neighborhood and individual attitudes related to fertility behavior. For this purpose, two different datasets were combined. READ MORE