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Contracts (49) Researchers (46) Organisation Units (6)

Start year: End year: Sort alphabetically Sort by last update Sort by contract start date 1 2 3 4 5 >> Alcohol in Eastern Europe - a public health perspective Prof Thor Norström Period: 1/1/05 - 12/31/07 Alcohol consumption is a big public health problem in Eastern Europe. In this project we use time series analyses to assess how various forms of mortality respond to changes in population drinking in a number of countries in this region: Bulgaria, Czech Republic (or Czechoslovakia), former East ... A theoretical, empirical and experimental analysis of d wage formation, wage requests and risk preferences Dr Jenny Säve-Söderbergh Period: 1/1/10 A theoretical, empirical and experimental analysis of wage setting in Sweden Dr Jenny Säve-Söderbergh Period: 1/1/11 Swedish wage setting has recently undergone a large change by shifting towards a more decentralised wage-setting practice resulting in individual wage bargaining having a more pronounced role. Although there is a large literature on wage bargaining and wage formation the role of wage-requests is ... Between dream and reality. International and national studies of parenting and work from a gender perspective Dr Marie Evertsson Period: 1/1/09 - 12/31/11 As part of an international collaboration, this project studies how dual earner couples negotiate and decide about the division of paid and unpaid work and how these processes and outcomes differ across welfare regimes. By combining qualitative interviews with quantitative methods and data and by ... Changing institutions and outcome: Welfare states in a comparative perspective Dr Joakim Palme Period: 1/1/06 - 12/31/08 This program addresses the consequences of welfare state variation from an institutional and comparative perspective. It claims that comparative research hereto primarily based on expenditure levels is likely to misspecify the effects of welfare state programs. Both positive and negative views of ... Credit Constraints and Firms’ Employment Behavior: Lessons from the Swedish Banking Crisis of 1991-1993 Dr Hans Grönqvist Period: 1/1/10 - 12/31/11 Developing an Occupational Information Depository Dr Erik Bihagen Period: 1/1/07 - 12/30/09 The starting point for this project is, first, that there is room for improved standards in how social researchers access and utilise occupational information resources. Second, that the empirically grounded analysis of occupational positions is a fruitful area for further sociological research. ... Does safety Make People Lazy? The Significance of Welfare State and Labour Market Organization for Individuals' Work Orientation and Labour Supply in Comparative Perspective Dr Ingrid Esser Period: 1/1/07 - 12/31/10 The positive effects of the welfare state have been increasingly contested. One argument is that comprehensive regimes will decrease incentives to work, thus ultimately lowering economic growth. Broad comparative research on this is still limited, and empirical evidence of the unintended ... Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion Prof Robert Erikson Period: 9/1/05 - 8/31/10 The network will mobilise and develop research expertise across Europe on economic change, quality of life and social cohesion. It will stimulate high quality comparative European research on social cohesion and its determinants; encourage the development of additional research centres; provide an ... Economic Change, Unequal Life-chances and Quality of Life Prof Jan Jonsson Period: 1/1/03 - 12/31/05 The proposal is aimed at establishing a network involving teams of five major research institutions with established track records in comparative European research. The network will focus on the theme of "Economic Change, Unequal Life-chances and Quality of Life". More particularly it will focus on ... 1 2 3 4 5 >>