The study aims to explore the relationship between migration and the quality of education, considering the lowering quality of higher education in Georgia as one of the main ‘push-factors’. The research itself tries to identify the main motivations of why Georgian students migrate. Furthermore, the main gaps and disadvantages of the higher education system of Georgia are investigated. The findings

This thesis test weak form efficiency in the stock markets of Ukraine, Russian, and China and compare the efficiency with USA stock market. We employ Distribution test, Unit root test, Runs test, ARMA test and GARCH test to estimate the efficiency of the above four stock markets. In our study, we find that under unit root test and runs test, all of the four stock markets are not weak-form efficie

The aim of our study was to examine how gender is created in the school world and how it affects the work with boys and girls. The questions we intended to look at were: How do you respond to ADHD in the school world depending on the sex of the child, and how does it differ; What difficulties do you face in the school world when working with boys and girls with ADHD, and how do you try to solve th

This study analyzes trade and FDI effect on wages in the 20 OECD countries. These countries are divided into six samples according to their geographical position. Panel cointegration and panel OLS methods are conducted during the study. The empirical model is built up on the base of the study of Onaran and Stockhammer (2006). The panel cointegration results show that there is a long-run relationsh

Denna studie hade som syfte att undersöka vad organisationskreativitet innebär och har för följder på ett företag där kreativitet betraktades som en hygienfaktor. Studien var en kvalitativ undersökning som utgick från en grundad teoridesign. Deltagarna rekryterades via företagets verkställande direktör och resulterade i sex intervjudeltagare med olika yrkesbeteckningar. De slutsatser som kunde dra

Children are constantly surrounded by stereotypes in the form of books, television series, and films. The majority of children acquire knowledge about gender stereotypes at 3-4 years of age. Gender stereotypes can influence children’s personalities, social relations and future plans regarding occupation. The study at hand investigated whether 4-5 year old girls in preschool were affected in their

Efter regeringsskiftet 2006 har politiska kampanjer lanserats för att främja och synliggöra kvinnors företagande. Synliggörandet sker främst via medier. I denna medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapliga kandidatuppsats har vi utifrån ett genusperspektiv granskat framställningen av företagarkvinnor i svensk dagspress samt sambandet mellan framställningen och det politiska engagemang för kvinnors föret

Uppsatsen ämnar undersöka huruvida en börshandlad fond lämpar sig för storbankernas kunder och deras regelbundna sparande utifrån hur instrumentet presterar gentemot storbankernas indexfonder. Uppsatsen använder två olika metoder; regressionsanalys för att undersöka hur väl de fem valda fonderna replikerar sitt underliggande index samt en modell för att se hur courtaget slår mot den börshandlade f

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka studenters, som blivande arbetstagares, inställning och syn på några av arbetsmarknadens nya normer. Genom förändringar i form av teknisk utveckling och globalisering har nya normer på arbetsmarknaden tagit form. I denna studie ligger fokus på de förändrade normerna kring anställningsform och konkurrens. Tidsbegränsade anställningar har blivit allt vanligare och k

Basel II och Lag 2006:1371 om kapitaltäckning och stora exponeringar trädde i kraft den 1 februari 2007 och ersatte därmed det tidigare Basel I-regelverket. Enligt Basel I var banker och finansiella företag skyldiga att inneha ett kapital som täckte åtta procent av de riskvägda tillgångarna. Kapitalkravet beräknades för kredit- och marknadsrisker. Basel II-regelverket har samma grunder som Basel I

The purpose of this study was to analyze and interpret how parents react after learning that their child was deceased, and the process that parents employed in dealing with this bereavement. This study also focused on the parents’ perceived ‘treatment’ received from relatives, friends and professionals. A qualitative study was conducted using interviews with seven parents who had suffered bereavem

Abstract Author: Charlotte Edvinsson Title: I support myself on welfare-A qualitative study of social assistance recipients idea of how society perceive them Supervisor: Agneta Hedblom Assesor: Torbjörn Hjort The need of social assistance has increased dramatically during the 1990s. In large due to the unemployment. A large number of studies have been made which look into how the clients have ex

Min analys av verket Listening har fått mig uppmärksam på det jag kallar ”vita fältet” i Peter Fries konstverksamhet. Detta är för mig ett abstrakt fält som förekommer allt mer uteslutande i alla Fries verk från 1990-talet fram till idag. Betydelsen av det ”vita fältets” allt mer dominerande plats i verket har i min mening förändrat betydelsen av Fries verk som en helhet,dock på olika sätt för oli

Child molesters are possibly the most despised and feared of all criminals. Since children are some of the most vulnerable members of our society, sex crimes against children provoke a great deal of anxiety and are seen as particularly distressing. In recent years, the debate whether Sweden should introduce additional punishment and treatment options that are specifically designed to deal with sex

Author: Claes Magnusson Title: The legally sanctioned purchasing of women’s bodies continues. A critical discourse analysis regarding commercial photographically mediated pornography [translated title] Supervisor: Agneta Hedblom Assessor: Håkan Jönson In Sweden it is illegal to buy sex. In some cases, that is. There currently exists a double standard between regular prostitution, and the prostitu

Radical or oppressed? A study of how Muslim women are portrayed in media The aim with our study is to analyze how Muslim women are portrayed and imagined in Swedish media. We have been interested in researching how media affects the public opinion about the Muslim woman in Swedish society and also how it affects Muslim women. We have chosen to concentrate on Muslim women because they are often de

The field of international security has changed significantly during the last decades. New security issues has risen on the agenda, and the concept of human security has diverted the attention of security studies from an exclusively state-centric focus towards a broader comprehension of who should be protected, and from what. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate an aspect of such a novel s

My primary objective in this study was to investigate the impact of the upbringing environment on the development of children’s effortful control and achievement motivation. Twenty-five SOS Children’s Village- and 33 family-raised children reported on achievement motivation, whereas SOS Village and family mothers assessed children’s effortful control along with emotion regulation as an additional

The principal issue of my thesis is to identify the sources of economic growth in Yangtze River Delta (YRD). Review of YRD post-reform development is conducted. The empirical study examines total factor productivity (TFP) growth, which is decompoed into three parts: technical progress, efficiency change and the scale effect in 16 component cities in YRD. Panel data of 1985-2007 are analyzed using