This paper examines the existence of a link between changes in monetary policy and changes in functional income distribution using a panel of up to fourteen countries over the period 1875-2010. It also investigates the potential transmission channels (changes in asset prices, wages, unemployment, and inflation) that explain such a phenomenon. The evidence indicates the presence of a correlation be

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to contribute to the knowledge on the use of risk management and especially ERM in different context. More specifically the aim is to find what similarities and differences there are in the use of ERM between public and private sector, as well as to find what variations there are within each sector. Methodology: The method used during this multiple case study,

The aim of this study was to investigate if spatial planning is a opportunity for social sustainability in the district Rosengard in Malmo. Rosengard was included in the so called million-program, which was intended to solve the housing crisis. The results of this spatial planning made Rosengard, and many other areas included in this program, segregated areas with social problems. The questions t

This thesis discusses a rather contentious issue of how copyright law possesses musical works nowadays. It is essentially argued in the thesis that current copyright law appears to be too restrictive, leaving not enough space for creativity in the musical world. In this regard, the issue related to musical works are mainly analysed through the prism of the idea-expression dichotomy. One of the gen

In hospitals, several professions need to collaborate to be able to offer patients the best care possible. The aim of this study was therefore to examine and analyse counselors experiences of interprofessional collaboration on hospital clinics within Skånes University Hospital (SUS). The study consists of qualitative semi-structured interviews of four hospital social workers. The interviewees were

Uppsatsen handlar om en undersökning genomförd på två svenska storföretag. Den syftar till att utforska om effektivitet och användarinkludering är något som beaktas vid utformningen av informationssäkerhetspolicyn. Genom enkäter och expertintervjuer etablerar vi vilken roll användaren har, hur denne upplever informationssäkerhet inom sin organisation och om möjlighet till förbättring finns när det

This Bachelors thesis involves the creation of a market place for animal compound feed risk management, potential hedging instruments and applicable risk management strategies. The market place is a cross hedged portfolio of futures contracts that correlate with the price of animal compound feed in Sweden, defined as an index and referred to as Compound Feed Index. The thesis has been conducted i

Sexuellt våld är ett stort problem i samhället idag, och kvinnor är den dominerande offergruppen. Det finns även en problematik kring det svenska rättssystemet som försvårar bedömningen av våldtäktsbrott. Att samtycke inte har givits ska vara en huvudfaktor för att fälla förövaren. Men istället beaktas andra omständigheter vid bedömningen, och kan då bli avgörande för att gärningsmannen istället fSexual violence is a major problem in today’s society, and women are the major representing victim group. There is also a problem concerning how the Swedish legal system makes it harder to judge rape crimes. The consent that is not given at a rape should be taken into account as a key factor to convict the perpetrator. But instead there are other factors which are considered in assessing and can b

In this study we aim to provide a deeper understanding of the thoughts on interaction and the collaborative work that school counselor’s facing with social services, healthcare, the school faculty and staff. The study is conducted through eight qualitative interviews with school counselors from different schools throughout the city of Malmö. We gathered the empirical material and categorized it in

Min uppsats; en berättelse om musik syftar till att undersöka mötet mellan ämnena musik och SO i den svenska grund- och gymnasieskolan, och att genom intervjuer identifiera hur lärare förhåller sig till detta möte, samt användningen av skönlitteratur som metod inom och mellan ämnena. Jag har skapat ett begrepp, musikmedvetande som ämnar att teoretisera kring mötet. Resultaten visar att skönlitteraThis essay; en berättelse om musik (a story of music) want to explore the meeting point between the two subjects music and social science in the Swedish Primary and Secondary education, and I want to identify the teacher’s approaches to the meeting point. I also want to take a closer look at using fictional literature as a method, both inside each subject but also as a bridge between them. I have

The aim of this essay is to investigate how victims’ tendencies to report a hate crime to the police is influenced by their level of trust towards the Police. The method used was based on a qualitative data-collection, consisting of eleven interviews. The interviews were carried out with people who considered themselves to have been exposed to hate crimes, but also with police employees specialise

The aim of this study was to see how the interdisciplinary collaboration between the substitute treatment and the social services are working. I wanted to see how the different organizations looked at each other and what they were expecting of each other, and how that could affect the collaboration. The study was conducted using a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews with social worker

Purpose: The purpose of our research is to explore how employees who claim to embrace change consider the impact of personality and other factors as a reason for this attitude. Research questions: (1) How do individual employees who claim to embrace change talk about the impact of personality on their attitude towards change? (2) How do individual employees who claim to embrace change talk about

Bakgrund: Endotrakeal intubation är det effektivaste sättet att säkra fri luftväg hos patienten. Vid cervikal immobilisering försämras möjligheterna att utföra en intubation. Airtraq är ett hjälpmedel avsett att underlätta vid svåra intubationer. Syfte: Att granska och sammanfatta de evidens som föreligger angående om Airtraq videolaryngoskop ger en snabbare intubering jämfört med Macintoshlaryngo

This paper deals with the problem regarding the temporality of the future residence permits in relation to recruiters’ reflections on their recruitment process. The study is based on interviews with recruiters from two municipal organizations. The material from the interviews are analysed with a critical approach to neo-liberalism and with the help of theories about racialization processes, migrat

Within the first decade of this millennium several Western European countries have prohibited Muslim veils in public spaces. Excluding the culture of Muslims or more specifically Islamic beliefs in a multicultural society, in which the hardest hit are Muslim veiled women, has resulted in the discourse of the ‘rise and fall of multiculturalism’. Although Sweden has not prohibited hijab or any other

I denna uppsats undersöks hur colombianer i Sverige gör för att skaffa sig försörjning och på andra sätt ”ta sig framåt”. Mer specifikt undersöks vilken betydelse begreppet rebusque får, som i Colombia har innebörden av strategier för att med alternativa metoder lösa olika problem. Betydelsen av rebusque undersöks dels i sökandet efter försörjning men även i narrativet om självet. Uppsatsen grunda

Following a macroeconomic stabilization and consistent economic growth during the 2000s, Brazil experienced a continuous decrease on poverty incidence for the first time in its contemporary history. While the literature emphasizes the importance of economic growth alongside social development to fight poverty, the Brazilian experience also displays strong government action through expanding social

In mass media social workers are often accused of either neglect for too long or interfering too soon in child protection cases in which children risk to come to harm. Given that the terrain of child protection has always been ambiguous and uncertain we wanted to explore the Swedish social workers’ own view on risk assessments. The aim of this study was to examine how social workers working with c