Essays about: "school reforms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words school reforms.

  1. 1. Competition and Physician Turnover: Evidence from Swedish Primary Care Units

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : BELIT AY; [2023-10-10]
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    Abstract : The Swedish government has over the years implemented several reforms to improve health care system and ensure continuity of care. One of the reforms, The Act on Free Choice, was implemented between 2007 and 2010 providing patients a free choice to choose a provider and private providers to freely enter the market; thereby, increasing the competition among providers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tax Policies and Housing Prices: An Empirical Analysis

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Philip Eriksson; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Housing prices; Wealth tax; Property tax; Difference-in-Difference;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the effect on housing prices from the abolished wealth tax in 2007 and the property tax reform from 2008. This is done using a municipality-level panel dataset, covering all municipalities within Sweden from 2005-2010. READ MORE

  4. 3. Demanding a Seat at The Table: Brazil’s and South Africa’s Role Conception in their Quest for Permanent Seats at the United Nations Security Council

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Betty Wehtje; [2023]
    Keywords : Brazil; South Africa; emerging middle power; UNSC Reforms; role conception; international society; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In a changing world order, emerging middle powers from the global South may seek new positions in international societies. Using the United Nations as an international society, this thesis aims to investigate what roles the emerging middle powers, Brazil and South Africa, enact in pursuing permanent seats at the Security Council. READ MORE

  5. 4. Independent Schools and Academic Achievement: A Synthetic Control Approach on Swedish Municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Folke Schröder Frykhammar; Anna Sandros Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Education quality; School privatization; Vouchers; Education reform; Synthetic Control;

    Abstract : During the early 1990's, the Swedish school system underwent a period of groundbreaking reforms, including the contentious independent school reform. The reforms coincided with a decline of Swedish results in international educational assessments, leading to a debate on whether independent schools positively or negatively contribute to students learning. READ MORE

  6. 5. Education and Economic Development : A Case Study of Ghana

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Jakin Elikem Fui Yaw Ahlijah; [2023]
    Keywords : Ghana; Education expenditure; Economic growth; Granger causality test;

    Abstract : Ever since Ghana gained independence, its policy makers have identified education as a tool to foster economic growth and development. In recognition of the vast potential for national development that education presents Ghana, various governments have invested considerably in the sector. READ MORE