Essays about: "quasi-market"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word quasi-market.
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1. User Choice in Elderly Care in Sweden: Quality, Cost, and Covid-19
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates the impacts of user choice in Swedish elderly care on quality and cost as well as the impact of marketisation on the Covid-19 death toll. In the last three decades welfare service provision in Sweden has been increasingly marketised. READ MORE
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2. Opportunistic behaviour in quasi-markets of home care - A study on the compliance of granted and provided home care hours in Swedish municipalities
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Building on a theoretical framework of New Public Management and agency theory, the study tests to what extent providers act opportunistically in a quasi-market context of welfare services and what factors affect their propensity to do so. Using individual level data from nine Swedish municipalities with quasi-marketised home care services, the degree of compliance between granted and provided home care is calculated and studied as a proxy for opportunistic behaviour. READ MORE
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3. In the Name of Individualization - An Assessment of the Quasi Market of Employment Services in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper analyzes the current quasi market structure of contracted out employment services in Sweden to determine whether it is socioeconomically optimal. Drawing mainly on theories by Rebecca M. READ MORE
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4. Privatization of upper-secondary schools in Sweden: the impact on teachers' wage
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : The main objective of this bachelor essay is to analyse the impact of increased competition on upper-secondary teachers’ wage. In 1994, the introduction of a school voucher system in Sweden facilitated the expansion of private upper-secondary schools. READ MORE
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5. The Choice Situation in Swedish Elderly Care - A qualitative study of the system of choice within Swedish elderly care
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialhögskolanAbstract : Last year’s demographical changes and times of internationalization and also individualization have led to changes in the way welfare services are delivered. More specifically there have been changes made within social care and health care. The new times that have led to privatization has also increased the amount of service providers. READ MORE