Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle by Title
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Taking work home: Labour dynamics of women industrial homeworkers in Sweden during the second industrial revolution
(2015-03-05)The papers in this dissertation explore women’s labour market decisions in the context of an industrializing economy by focusing on female industrial homeworkers in Sweden during the second industrial revolution. Three ... -
Teachers in the marketisation of education
(2023-10-26)In many parts of the world, marketisation processes in welfare sectors like education are mobilised and legitimised through a discourse professing how market competition will bring about accountability, ... -
The changing role and importance of the built environment for daily travel in Sweden
(2015-05-19)Geography, in terms of the built environment and location patterns, was traditionally, and still is, emphasized by many scholars, policymakers, and planners as greatly influencing people’s daily travel behaviour. However, ... -
The effects of the land tenure reform programme on tenure security and agricultural development in Rwanda: the case of Musanze district, Northern Province
(2021-10-20)This PhD thesis is a compilation thesis comprising a research frame of seven chapters, and four related papers. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of the land tenure reform programme on the ... -
Understanding recreational landscapes. Developing a knowledge base on outdoor recreation monitoring in Swedish coastal and marine areas.
(2016-12-16)This PhD thesis concerns the role and importance of outdoor recreation monitoring in the management of coastal and marine areas in Sweden – a topic that in spite its importance has eluded attention, both in research circles ... -
Wages, Inequality and Consequences for the Economy
(2014-04-03)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 ...