Essays about: "longitudinal growth"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 50 essays containing the words longitudinal growth.

  1. 36. Propensity and motive behind the choice of Self-Employment: in rural and urban Sweden

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Alen Kuralic; [2014]
    Keywords : Propensity; Motivation; Self-employment; Region;

    Abstract : In Sweden and many other countries of the European Union throughout the entire twentieth century the self-employment has been important and essential for sustainable growth and welfare. The dynamics of self-employment have had an variance between areas that are characterized and distinguished by different labour market conditions, entrepreneurial traditions and other structural factors. READ MORE

  3. 37. Fatigue life assessment of potential weld improvement techniques using 3D fracture analysis

    University essay from KTH/Lättkonstruktioner

    Author : Nikola Mrdjanov; [2014]
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    Abstract : This thesis work was done in conjunction with the VINNOVA-funded research and development project LIGHTSTRUCT. It was performed in the department of lightweight structures at KTH. The thesis investigated two potential weld improvement techniques called toe weaving and extended leg. READ MORE

  4. 38. The Impact of early childhood conditions on future labor outcomes: Does the early-life health and nutritional status affect future earnings into young adulthood? A case study of the Cebu Metropolitan Area, Philippines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elisavet Avgeropoulou; [2014]
    Keywords : early childhood; nutrition; health; Philippines; future earnings; IV approach; height-for-age Z-scores; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to contribute to the expanding literature that associates early childhood conditions to future outcomes. Using the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, we will try to provide further empirical evidence to the question whether early-life health and nutritional status has impact on earnings into young adulthood for the case of the metropolitan area of Cebu in Philippines. READ MORE

  5. 39. Sample size calculation for longitudinal data of abdominal aortic aneurysm

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Eric Markarian; [2013-07-02]
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    Abstract : Sample size calculation is a crucial step in all experimental design. In clinical research and drug development activities, it is required in order to be able to demonstrate a presumed statistical effect of a drug or a treatment. Today many sample size calculation algorithms and formulas exist. READ MORE

  6. 40. Performance of passive long term investments : A longitudinal study over the relative performance of emerging- and developed markets

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Haseeb Zaman Babar; Johan Norberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Terminal growth; Sharpe ratio; Currency effect; Skewness and Kurtosis; BRIC; CIVETS; Emerging Markets;

    Abstract : The concept of emerging markets came to surface in early 1980 and constituted of only eight countries from the two continents of South America and Asia. The globalization of financial markets has since raised the importance of emerging capital markets. READ MORE