Essays about: "peer effect"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 76 essays containing the words peer effect.

  1. 16. Foreign-born Peers And Educational Outcome : Evidence From Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Penna; [2021]
    Keywords : Education; peer-effects; foreign-born; immigration; grade;

    Abstract : Using data on 9th grade students in Sweden for the time period of 2015-2019, this paper estimates a fixed effects model to find out whether the share migrant students has any impact on the grade of foreign-born and native Swedish students. We find that increasing the share of migrant students by one percentage point has a small negative effect on foreign-born students, but find no conclusive evidence from the same effect on Swedish students. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Negative Externality of Peer Group Income: Evidence from Three Developed Economies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jón Sjúrður Pálsson Arge; [2021]
    Keywords : happiness economics; social comparison; peer group income; Easterlin Paradox; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the effect of peer group household income on happiness in three developed economies: the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, where we define peer groups by age, gender, and education. Using the most recent panel waves from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the European Social Survey (ESS), we find comparable results from all three countries, namely a negative coefficient of peer group household income that is statistically not different in absolute magnitude from the coefficient of the respondent’s own household income. READ MORE

  4. 18. Intensive care nurses’ experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic: : A Qualitative Metasynthesis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för omvårdnad

    Author : Sara Melander; [2021]
    Keywords : Intensive care nurse; Nursing; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Experiences; Pandemic; Adaptation Model.  ;

    Abstract : Background: COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020. Intensive care nurses challenges were to treat critically ill infected with the virus, were the knowledge of treatment, protective gear, spread of infection and mortality was unknown. They were unsure about how the pandemic would progress and the information was inexplicit. READ MORE

  5. 19. Lassa fever epidemic outbreak causing maternal mortality on pregnant women : A statistical and systematic review on prevalence and occurrence of maternal mortality in Nigeria

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Joy Offor; [2020]
    Keywords : Lassa fever; endemic occurrence in Nigeria; viral haemorrhagic fever; pregnant women and mortality in Nigeria;

    Abstract : Introduction/background: Epidemics of infectious diseases (ID) are re-occurring now more often and spreads faster into many different parts of the world due to globalization. The increasing evidence of climate change and man-made events have shown impacts to increase the emergency and re-emerging of animal- borne IDs. READ MORE

  6. 20. Interventions reducing children’s aggressive behavior while improving peer interaction : A systematic literature review

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Zinala Yimamu; [2020]
    Keywords : Peer relation; Peer interaction; Aggressive behavior; Aggression; Children in early age; Kindergar-ten; Intervention;

    Abstract : Aggressive behavior of young children has always existed. In kindergarten, teachers and children will encounter the consequences frequently. However, not all teachers have enough experience and knowledge to deal with children’s aggressive behavior. READ MORE