This study addresses the question of economic and workplace related determinants and consequences of fathers’ parental leave use in Sweden. The analysis is based on the Swedish Level of Living Survey for the years 1991 and 2000. The results show that wages and the probability of taking parental leave beyond the ‘daddy month’ are inversely u-shaped: with very low hourly wages it does not seem to be

In the future an increasing number of industries will have to comply with greenhouse gas reduction directives. Plans and projects that aim to reduce CO2-emissions are associated with multiple sources of uncertainty and the use of point estimates could lead to misjudgements and erroneous decisions. Within other fields of science uncertainty analysis is a commonly used tool to improve decision basis

Syftet med studien är att öka förståelsen för hur lyxvarumärken inom mode använder sig av arv/heritage och konstvärlden, samt hur dessa kopplingar bidrar till stärkandet av varumärkets aura och brand equity. Studien grundar sig på en litteraturstudie i luxury branding och brand heritage samt empiri av lyxvarumärken i modebranschen genom deltagande och dold observation i de valda varumärkenas butik

Området kring akulleqglaciären ligger i närheten av bosättningen Paamiut, sydvästra Grönland. Tonalit- trondhjemit och granodioritgnejser (TTG) utgör huvudlitologin i området. Inom TTG-gnejserna återfinns ett cirka 1 km brett hästskoformat bälte av suprakrustala bergarter. Ultramafiska metamorfa bergarter utgör linser i det suprakrustala bältet och pegamtiter intruderar de olika litologierna (KolbThe Akulleq glacier area is located to the east of Paamiut settlement, South-West Greenland. Tonalite- trondhjemite- granodiorite (TTG ) gneiss constitute the main rock type with an approximately 1 km wide, horseshoe shaped supracrustal belt situated within the TTG gneiss. Meta- ultramafic rocks form lenses in the supracrustal belt and pegmatites intrude the different lithologies (Kolb, 2011). Qua

The aim of this thesis has been to explore and systematize the factors and influences, gendered perspectives, and interrelationships in educational equality in Lao PDR with comparative perspectives from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. The effects of ethnic minority cultures and linguistics, socio-economics, governmental policy, and national and local infrastructure have been analyzed using social

This thesis uses Vietnamese household’s surveys from 2006 and 2008 to assess income inequality in Vietnam and households access to credit in order to boost their income. Three econometric models are introduced to explain which factors affect income, household’s value and loan value, all important factors in order to obtain loans in theory. The Vietnamese financial market is still underdeveloped wh

This study aims to add new knowledge to our understanding of poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon and focuses on the links between poverty and gender norms and practices. The overall research question that this study is concerned with is about the effect of self-help group participation on women’s self-perceptions of options, their access to social, economic and cultural capital, and subsequ

The youth of China seems poised to put their mark on our world no matter our projection of the future. They find themselves bridging two civilizations, having their thoughts shaped by a society in which, due to a transformation of unprecedented speed, past and future value systems exist simultaneously, and they know that as China grows stronger in the economic and military sphere, it could be a qu

In this paper the Rawlsian contractual method–including the original position and the veil of ignorance–is used to create principles of security. The method enables transcendence from contemporary restrictions to a broadened view where general principles guide us to the most important aspects of security. The principles guide us to the core. I arrive at two and only two principles: existential sec

As commercial mobile devices grow more powerful their field of application expands. A mobile device that looks more and more like a computer can also be used like one, even in a industrial context. There are many different commercial mobile software and hardware platforms on the market today. Companies in the process of incorporating such mobile platforms in their systems stand before a difficult

Uppsatsen fokuserar på jägeristaten och deras roll som lokala statliga ämbetsmän, klämda mellan stat och allmoge i den känsliga skogsfrågan under åren 1761-1805. I uppsatsen skildras situationen ur jägeribetjänternas perspektiv. Ämbetsgruppen beskylls ofta för att ha varit korrumperad och ha begått övergrepp mot allmogen, vilket undersökningen inte stödjer. Resultaten talar för att de olika indiv

Regionalism, that has been always with us in different forms throughout the history and emerged as an alternative theory after the end of Cold War, enables us to explain new world order. Since the end of WWII, there are two types of regionalism explaining the dynamics of regional formations. The one that came into question from the end of WWII till end of Cold War is names as ‘old’ regionalism and

In the thesis, first the author discussed whether same-sex marriage is a human right, and why it is a human right. After that, the author argued against those obstacles, such as religious or cultural objections, that denying such a human right, and the last part the author tried to analyse why there is a gap between the ideal and reality human right, especially in the same-sex marriage issue and w

Detta examensarbete grundar sig på en översättning av Gabo y Fidel. El paiaje de una amistad (2004) av Ángel Esteban och Stephanie Panichelli. Boken handlar om vänskapen mellan författaren García Márquez och Fidel Castro. Min uppsats består av en inledande textanalys efter den modell som Hellspong & Ledin (1997) presenterar. Därefter följer en genomgång av överväganden och strategier för övers

Study objectives: The aim was to investigate which religious theological notions forms the background of action by the christian staff within a multireligious workcollective. Method: The sample was drawn from a focusgroup colloquium and one individual interview. The focusgroup consisted of seven people that are members of different protestant churches such as Evangeliska frikyrkan, Svenska kyrkan,

Reasons for living in the high-risk community Old Coronation, in South Africa, were investigated in a study based on grounded theory. The community is situated in an old mining area with many hazards, including a constant risk of collapsing sink-holes. Information was mainly collected through semi-structured interviews with the residents. An analysis of the reasons for living in Old Coronation wer

The integration of immigrants affects social stability in host countries, which becomes a potential and heat issue discussed by all walks of life. How well the immigrants integrate into the society largely relates to their economic status in host countries. This paper aims to study the relationship among ethnicity, ethnic identity and the outcomes of immigrants in labour market in thirteen selecte

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Arsenik finns överallt i naturen och släpps även ut genom industrier. Det är ett klassiskt gift som färgat historien, men som även använts inom medicin. Arsenik är det enda kemiska cancerogena ämne som ger hudcancer vid förtäring. Det har även använts inom industrin under en lång tid, och deponering av arsenikhaltigt material kommer att orsaka stora miljöproblem.Arsenic is present everywhere in the world. It is found in the bedrock and is discharged by industries. Differents forms of arsenic varies in toxicity, the inorganic form is much more toxic then the organic form. The inorganic form is most common in drinking water and groundwater, meanwhile the inorganic form can occasionally be found in reasonable large quantities in fish and seafood. Today milli

Popular science Using remote sensing to assess drought in Somalia Somalia, the country in East Africa in a region referred to as Horn of Africa is in a civil war, conflict and unrest since 1991. The prolonged conflict increases the impact of droughts in the country which is already prone to drought continuously. The country is frequently exposed to drought, occurring moderately every 3-4 years a