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  1. 1. The Impact of Restrictive Abortion Policies on the Socioeconomic and Demographic Composition of Mothers -The case of the House Bill 2 regulation in Texas 2013

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Maja Johnsson; Linnea Logström; [2023-06-29]
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    Sammanfattning : The aim of this paper is to explore whether the implementation of the restrictive abortion policy House Bill 2 (HB2) in Texas 2013 impacted the abortion- and birth rates within the state, and whether the policy was associated with a change in the socioeconomic and demographic composition of women giving birth. For the first-stage regressions, state-level yearly panel data and a difference-in-difference framework are used to examine the impact of the policy on abortion- and birth rates. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Using poverty simulations to teach about poverty - an action research study

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Författare :Lenka Čavojská; [2023-06-20]
    Nyckelord :Poverty; Poverty Simulation; Attitudes toward Poverty; Experiential Learning; Experiential Education; Experiential Learning Cycle; Critical approaches to Experiential Learning and Education; Action Research;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: The purpose of this research study was to investigate the effect of a poverty simulation activity on 9th-grade students’ understanding of poverty. Theory: This study´s theoretical framework was built on Dewey´s theory of Experiential Education, Kolb´s Experiential Learning Cycle, and various critical approaches toward Experiential Learning and Education. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The potential future travelers on the North Bothnia Line : Sävar, Robertsfors and Bureå

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Författare :Johanna Mikkola Bouvin; [2023]
    Nyckelord :North Bothnia Line; Sustainable transport; Sustainable travel; Social sustainability; Socially sustainable travel; Socially sustainable public transport; Transport justice; Transport poverty; Travel mode choice; Travel behavior; Sävar; Robertsfors; Bureå; Norrbotniabanans noder 2;

    Sammanfattning : With a foundation in social sustainability, and with the theoretical framework of transport justice and transport poverty, the aim of this thesis is to create a profile picture of the future potential travelers on the North Bothnia Line in Sävar, Robertsfors and Bureå. Both a quantitative and a qualitative analysis are performed. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Choices and Rules in Informality : A case study on public policy implementation and obstacles to formalizing the domestic work sector in Argentina

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Tilda Rådström; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Domestic workers; domestic work sector; informal work; public policy implementation; social policy; financial incentives; informal institutions; rational choice theory; Argentina; Trabajadoras domésticas; sector del trabajo doméstico; trabajo informal; implementación de políticas; política social; incentivos financieros; instituciones informales; teoría de la elección racional; Argentina;

    Sammanfattning : This study reviews Rational Choice theory and Informal Institutions theory and uses new data to explain the persistence and scale of Argentina's informal domestic work sector. The domestic work sector in Argentina represents a typical case in Latin America: almost entirely dominated by women and high informality levels. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Property Prices and Disaster (In)Justice: Fifty Years of Demographic Change in Hawai’i County’s Lava Hazard Zones

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Författare :AnaCapri Mauro; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Social Vulnerability; Volcanic Hazards; Disaster Justice; Risk Governance; Temporal Analysis; Mauna Loa; Kīlauea; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : While there is a degree of homogeneity in the physical impact that volcanic hazards can cause, the experience of volcanic risk and the politics of exposure are far from equal. The purpose of this thesis is to expand on research citing population growth and property price dynamics as factors encouraging settlement in the Mauna Loa and Kīlauea lava hazard zones. LÄS MER