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    Does place of residence impact labour market participation? - A quantitative study of foreign-born women in Sweden
    (2018-06-29) Azez, Zhila; Chauca Strand, Gabriella; University of Gothenburg/Department of Economics; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik
    This paper examines the relationship between the employment rate of foreign-born women and their place of residence. Segregation in Sweden has been increasing along with differences in income and employment between the native and foreign-born population. Foreign-born, have as a group, lower employment rate and income than the native-born and especially foreign-born women have experienced difficulties in entering the labour market. Differences in income and employment partly characterize spatial- and socioeconomic segregation and this thesis aim is to analyse if place of residence have a negative impact on the employment of foreign-born women. The study has been done using ordinary least squares (OLS) and district level data from six of the biggest cities in Sweden. The results show that certain education levels and household compositions are more important for the employment rate of foreign-born women when living in weak districts compared to when living in strong districts. It also implies that socioeconomic weak districts have a small and negative impact on the employment rate of foreign-born women. However, since the results decreased as more characteristics were controlled for, and the significance did not hold for all regressions, a conclusion of the impact of place of residence cannot be made.
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    Teacher certification and student achievement - A quantitative study of Swedish compulsory schools
    (2020-07-10) Azez, Zhila; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
    This paper aims to study the impact of teacher certification on student achievement in Swedish compulsory schools by using panel data from the Swedish National Agency for Education for the period 2014/2015 – 2018/2019. In 2011, Sweden introduced new school reforms with stricter policies for teacher certification. To my knowledge, no studies have investigated the impact of teacher certification on student achievement after the reform. The fixed-effect model is applied, allowing to control for the non-random sorting of teachers and students across schools. The main results suggest that increasing the share of certified math teachers will have a small positive impact on student test scores in math. However, the impact of certified English teachers on student achievement in English test scores did not yield any statistically significant estimates. These results are mostly in line with previous research finding a positive impact of certified math teachers on student achievement, but inconclusive effects of certified English teachers.