For nine decades, the Swedish State Railways (SJ) produced wage records containing all its permanent employees. SJ employed more people than any private employer in Sweden, and the records contain individual-level information ...

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify institutions and market forces through discourses concerning central and local wage-formation. This study’s objective is to contribute to the research field of ...

This dissertation consists of four research articles and an introductory chapter. The introduction gives an overview about the field of income inequality, an empirical overview of its development, a discussion of methodological ...

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) has emerged as one of the most common major surgical procedures worldwide. Unfortunately the capacity is still unable to meet the demand in many countries. This leads to waiting times ...

The municipality Yokohama in Japan implemented a new child care reform in 2010, which in 2013 managed to eradicate the long child care waiting list in the area. This paper focuses on how an increase in child care supply ...

Sammanfattning Studien har två sammankopplade syften. För det första ville vi beskriva de teoretiska motiveringarna till varför Waldorfpedagogiken grundar sig på konstnärlig undervisning och på vilket sätt den konstnärliga ...

Pastoral care can be described as a cleric’s presence with people in their time of need, to promote their well-being and strengthen them in their faith. One dimension of working through an overwhelming trauma, such as ...

Wallhamn is situated on Tjörn, an island on the Swedish west coast, and has served as a port since the middle of 1960. Today, Wallhamn is suffering a decrease in goods flow, and is now in a situation where something has ...