Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Social Democracy and the Swedish welfare model. Ideational analyses of attitudes towards competition, individualization, privatization
(2015-01-12)ABSTRACT Social Democracy and the Swedish welfare model: Ideational analyses of attitudes towards competition, individualization, privatization Gothenburg Studies in Economic History 13 (2015) ISBN 978-91-86217-12-9 ... -
Ports, dock workers and labour market conflicts
(2014-12-02)ABSTRACT Ports, dock workers and labour market conflicts Gothenburg Studies in Economic History 12 (2014) ISBN : 978-91-86217-11-2 http://hdl.handle.net/2077/37421 Author: Jesper Hamark Doctoral Dissertation in ... -
Jordbruksmark i förändring. Drivkrafter bakom och förutsättningar för offentlig styrning i Sverige och Norge
(2014-10-09)With a focus on agricultural land use change, the overriding aim of this thesis is to contribute to the development of a more sustainable use and management of resources. A core requirement for doing so is to develop deeper ... -
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 ... -
Social Bodies. Family and Community Level Influences on Height and Weight, Southern Sweden 1818-1968
(2014-03-13)This dissertation consists of an introduction, four research papers and one paper describing the data I collected for the studies and how I conducted the study. I collected information on men from conscript inspection lists ... -
Knowledge Creation and Technology Transfer: An Analysis of Swedish Academics
(2013-11-27)This PhD thesis examines knowledge creation and transfer from universities into industry with a focus on academic patents. Academic patents are defined as patents with at least one academic inventor. The thesis presents ... -
På väg mot jämställda arbetsresor? : Vardagens mobilitet i förändring och förhandling
(2013-09-24)In Swedish regional policy, regional enlargement, i.e. geographically extended labour markets and associated longer commuting distances, is an explicit goal. This is in order to stimulate economic growth and better match ... -
Lock-in as make-believe – Exploring the role of myth in the lock-in of high mobility systems
(2013-09-06)All human practices are, ultimately, set and defined by limits; be they social, economic, physical, or environmental. Yet even in the face of such realities, practices which transgress the confines of possibility remain ... -
Essays on trade unions and functional income distribution
(2013-05-27)This dissertation consists of four research papers and an introduction. The overarching theme for the four papers is the relationship between employers and employees in the labour market, or in more macroeconomic terms the ... -
Nothing New under the Sun: Essays on the Economic History of Intellectual Property Rights in Music
(2013-04-30)This thesis consists of an introductory chapter, five separate articles and an article in Swedish which functions as summary. The introductory chapter provides a general background to the economic history of intellectual ...