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Peers, policy, and attitudes as drivers of antibiotic prescribing
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-05)
In this study we investigated how treatment norms about antibiotic use affect a doctor´s decision to prescribe antibiotics. We also investigated the attitudes and behavior of the same physicians as private persons. We find ...
Att organisera integration av nyanlända och andra utrikesfödda personer på den svenska arbetsmarknaden – från ”flyktingkrisen” till COVID-19 pandemin
(University of Gothenburg / Göteborgs universitet, 2021)
Hur organiseras integration av nyanlända och andra utrikesfödda personer
på den svenska arbetsmarknaden? 2018 presenterade vi en rapport där vi
presenterade en genomgång av samtida initiativ för arbetsmarknadsintegration
av ...
CAPABILITY, HEALTH, AND THE LABOUR MARKET – THE RETIREMENT DECISION
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-09)
The time of retirement is analyzed in a theoretical framework taking capability and health into account. Capability if formalized as a stock characteristic which determines the attained amounts of a composite good which ...
Kill your darlings? Do new aid flows help achieve a poverty minimizing allocation of aid
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-11)
In this study, we derive a poverty-minimizing allocation rule, based on which we assess the poverty-efficiency of actual aid allocations, with a special focus on the comparative impact of new donors and new non-aid flows. ...
Bioprospecting and deep-sea genetic resources in a fragmenting international law
(2021-05-19)
This thesis investigates if public international law manages to function as a coherent system in the case of deep-sea bioprospecting, where rules in three regimes provide seemingly inconsistent obligations for states. Based ...
Time Preferences, Illness, and Death
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-10)
This paper investigates the predictive power of time preferences on the risk of early mortality and illness in adulthood. Using a unique Swedish cohort of 12,956 individuals born in 1953, interviewed in 1966, and followed ...
Nudges and Threats: Soft vs Hard Incentives for Tax Compliance
(2021-02)
We study what induces delinquent taxpayers to pay their taxes due. We use high quality administrative
data from the Swedish Tax Agency. We find a strong effect of the standard enforcement regime: a threat of having the ...
Essays on Public Policy in the Informal Sector Context
(2021-05-21)
The Price Sensitivity of the Demand for Health Insurance – Evidence from the Community Health Insurance Scheme in Rwanda This study estimates the price elasticity of the demand for health insurance, exploiting the variation ...
Impacts of Climate Policy and Natural Disasters: Evidence from China
(2021-08-17)
The last decade has seen heightened interest in carbon pricing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions responsible for anthropogenic climate change. Over the past decade, China–responsible for over a quarter of global carbon ...
MEDBORGARFORSKNING SOM TURISTATTRAKTION En kartläggning av medborgarforskning och dess potential inom maritim turism
(2021)
Genom att allmänheten bjuds in att delta i olika delar av den vetenskapliga processen, är medborgaforskning ett sätt att lägga grund för en mer inkluderande forskning och samhällsutveckling. Genom bredden i deltagande som ...