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    Female Education and Gender Inequality - A study of Indian children´s enrolment and future outcomes
    (2017-07-03) Jönsson, Emelie; Nikkhoo, Tina; University of Gothenburg/Department of Economics; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik
    The objective of this thesis is to investigate the educational gender inequality and the differences among boys’ and girls’ educational attainment and outcomes in India. India is considered to be the most fast growing economy in the world but there are still major gaps between men and women, already apparent at young ages. Son preferences in Indian families has led to low female literacy rates compared to male where girls have less opportunities to attend school. By using panel data on 3,000 children in four different periods of time, we estimate the effect of a negative income shock on enrolment rate for boys and girls in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The shock appears to have a negative significant effect on both girls and boys’ enrolment rate which drops when the household has been affected by the shock. However, no evidence was found that enrolment has an effect on health or income, for either girls or boys.
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    The impact of mandatory non-financial disclosure and ESG score on financial performance and firm-risk- An empirical study of the Nordic market
    (2021-06-30) Nikkhoo, Tina; Lindbo, Hanna; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
    This research investigates the impact of mandatory non-financial disclosure and ESG score on financial performance and firm-risk using a panel of 278 Nordic companies covering the time period 2014-2019. Using a Difference-in-Difference technique, the results imply that the accounting-based financial performance increases subsequent to the EU Directive 2014/95/EU, while the firm-risk is reduced. In addition, using Ordinary-Least-Squares regression analyses, the results show that the financial performance increases from a unit increase in ESG score, while no evidence could be found of a relationship between ESG score and firm-risk. Evaluating the impact of the separated components of ESG, the social score implies to have a positive relationship with financial performance and total risk, while the governance score implies the opposite. The environmental score appears to have no impact on firm-risk, while a positive impact on the accounting-based financial performance.