Essays about: "the 2003 reform."

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  1. 1. Paid Parental Leave and Women Labor force Participation : The case of Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Elvira Gustavsson; Lina Fogel; [2022]
    Keywords : Parental leave; Maternity leave; Paternity leave; Women labor force participation; Equality;

    Abstract : Our paper analyzes how paid parental leave schemes affect female labor force participation in Sweden. We examine this question on municipality level from 2003 to 2019. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of a policy reform made in 2016 and analyze how it mainly affects women and their participation rate. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does childcare availability influence the gender pay gap? A natural experiment using Swiss cantons

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Nora Bearth; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender Pay Gap; Childcare; Family Policies; Difference-in-Difference; Switzerland;

    Abstract : Does an increase in childcare availability reduce the gender pay gap? I contribute to answering this question by investigating the effect of a childcare expansion in 2003 in Switzerland on the gender pay gap and hourly pay of men and women. For this purpose, I use administrative data from the Swiss Labour Force Survey (SAKE) on the employment of permanent residents of Switzerland and data on the number of childcare places in different cantons of Switzerland collected by Ravazzini, Delphine, and Suter (2016). READ MORE

  4. 3. Is Private Education Worth it? Evidence from the Free Primary Education Reform in Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Wallström; [2017]
    Keywords : Education; Quality; Free; Sorting; Kenya; School choice; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In 2003, Kenya introduced a nationwide Free Primary Education (FPE) reform, abolishing school fees in all public primary schools. As a result, enrolment rates in public primary schools rose by 15 percent, putting significant pressure on the educational system. READ MORE

  5. 4. Happy Grades in Swedish Primary Schools: an Investigation - How different institutional logics can manage conficting institutional pressures

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Henrik Kilander; Jakub Losenicky; [2017]
    Keywords : institutional logics; institutional spheres; education; privatisation; happy grades;

    Abstract : Previously a role model for education, Sweden has been experiencing plummeting results in the international PISA rankings on education since they began in 2003. Defying this trend, the grades of Swedish students have been increasing. READ MORE

  6. 5. River Basin Management Guidelines for Water Management in Uganda: Comparison with EU case studies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Peter Okello; [2016]
    Keywords : EU water notes; International conferences; Water Framework Directive; Uganda; National Water Policy; Integrated water resources management.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This research is based on the hypothesis that the EU water legislation establish river basin management rules which are based on better scientific knowledge and available technologies than the existing national policy and legal framework supporting water management in Uganda. It is however acknowledged that the requirements of the existing EU water policies are hardly often directly applied to the situations of a developing country such as Uganda, but that they provide lessons that are useful when preparing agreements and policies in these countries. READ MORE