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U.S. versus Sweden: The Effect of Alternative In-Work Tax Credit Policies on Labour Supply of Single Mothers
(2013-10)An essential difference between the design of the Swedish and the US in-work tax credit systems relates to their functional forms. Where the US earned income tax credit (EITC) is phased out and favours low and medium ... -
Unbundling Ex-Colonies: A Comment on Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson 2001
(2004)In this comment on AJR (2001), we argue that a bundling of all former colonies into one ‘colonial’ theory of comparative development is problematic for several reasons. During the mercantilist wave of mainly Latin American ... -
Uncovering the Effect of the HIV Epidemic on Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Malawi
(2008-09-16)In many Sub-Saharan countries the HIV epidemic has spread to over 10% of the working-age population, and is likely to affect economically relevant behaviour. We evaluate the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the ... -
Understanding Peer Effects: On the Nature, Estimation and Channels of Peer Effects
(2014-06)This paper provides evidence on ability peer effects in university education. Identification comes from the random assignment of students to sections. We find that students on average benefit from better-ability peers. ... -
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 ... -
Unequal Jury Representation and Its Consequences
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-03)We analyze the extent and consequences of unequal representation on juries in Harris County, Texas. We first document that residents from predominantly white and high-income neighborhoods are substantially over-represented ... -
Unequal Property Rights: A study of land right inequalities in Rwanda
(2011-06)The aim of the present paper is to examine the existence and patterns of systematic within-country inequalities in effective land rights in Rwanda. The results of empirical estimations drawing on data on the land tenure ... -
Unequal Provision of Local Public Services under the Threat of Secession
(2003)This paper studies to what extent it is possible to discriminate between two municipality parts by unequal public service provision when there is a threat of secession. The objective of the local politicians is to maximize ... -
Unfolding Evolutionary Growth Within a Subsidiary: The Case of a Sales Subsidiary in the Middle East
(2015-02-24)Subsidiaries are important entities in multinational corporations and are typically established with predetermined business responsibilities. A subsidiary responds to actors in the internal network (e.g., HQs and other ... -
Ung konsumentmakt i en varumärkt värld
(2006)Det här är en studie av projektet ”Brand New World” som är en del av satsningen ”Ungdomars arbete med konsumentfrågor. Kun(d)skap är makt” som initierats på regeringsnivå. Föreningen Ideum Europa startade projektet för ... -
Unga konsumenter på bostadsmarknaden
(2003)Bostadsbristen bland unga bostadskonsumenter i Göteborg är ett stort problem. Möjligheterna att nå tillträde till den överbelastade bostadsmarknaden är små. Ungdomar är en av de samhällskategorier som har allra svårast ... -
Ungdomars användning av dator, internet och mobiltelefon - Konsekvenser för vardagslivets geografiska dimensioner
(2002)SAMMANFATTNING Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka hur ungdomar i sin vardag använder sig av olika former av informations- och kommunikationsteknologi (IKT: dator, internet, mobil och fast telefon) och hur användningen ... -
Ungdomars virtuella rörlighet - Användningen av dator, internet och mobiltelefon i ett geografiskt perspektiv
(2004)This study explores how urban young people fit the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) into their everyday lives. Their virtual mobility may be lasting and have long-term effects on socio-spatial ... -
Unimodal regression in the two-parameter exponential family with constant or known dispersion parameter
(2008-02-04)In this paper we discuss statistical methods for curve-estimation under the assumption of unimodality for variables with distributions belonging to the two-parameter exponential family with known or constant dispersion ... -
Unintended Impacts of Multiple Instruments on Technology Adoption
(2009-02-23)There are many situations where environmental authorities use a mix of environmental policy instruments, rather than one single instrument, to address environmental concerns. For example, one instrument may be used to ... -
Unions, insurance and changing welfare states: The emergence of obligatory complementary income insurance in Sweden
(2022-01)Why do unions that support comprehensive public unemployment insurance introduce the private alternative known as obligatory complementary income insurance (OCII)? In this article, we seek answers to how Swedish unions ... -
Univariate and multivariate surveillance of outbreaks
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Unpacking inscriptions – A sociomateriality perspective on the design process of a milk package
(2019-05-24)Today’s trend of fast-paced innovation in the field of, for example, information technology results in an acclaim of quick changes. At the same time, product innovation is only one facet of market offerings as industry ... -
Uppdraget. En utredning om Illojal maktanvändning (Detournement de Pouvoir) som misslyckades p.g.a. illojal maktanvändning
(Gothenburg Research Institute, 2010-12-17)Denna GRI-rapport är min version av den utredning som jag utfört på uppdrag av Polismyndigheten i Västra Götaland. När jag accepterade förfrågan tillfrågades jag om jag trodde att jag skulle orka stå upp, när det började ...