Factors influencing and improving a student’s academic attainments, in particular, test scores, are an essential concern for academics as well as policymakers. In this thesis, I add a student’s ordinal rank, calculated from underlying test scores, as a new input factor to the education production function. By using experimental data on primary schools in the United States, I assess whether the ord

Power systems operate at a specific frequency and constantly require a balance between production and consumption of electricity in order to maintain the frequency within a certain interval. Larger frequency deviations can cause blackouts or damage equipment connected to the grid. Balancing functions that stabilise the grid are referred to as \textit{ancillary services}, which in Sweden include th

Vi i Sverige är duktiga på att återvinna, men man kan ibland fråga sig om återvinning verkligen är det bästa sättet att hantera produkter som man inte längre använder. När det gäller elektroniska produkter så som mobiltelefoner, datorer och surfplattor kan både resurser och pengar sparas genom att återanvända istället för att återvinna. Studien du nu ska läsa är en undersökning om hur skånska koInformation and Communications Technology (ICT) is something that drives our society forward, but how we are consuming these products is rather something that harm our environment rather than pushing our society forward. This thesis investigates our unstainable consumption of ICT products and takes a look at waste prevention solutions in order to reach circular economy with a focus on Swedish muni

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka textbindningen i avsnitt om litteraturhistoria i läroböckerna Svenska för dig. Litteraturhistoria (Ring, 2014), Kontakt. Huvudbok 2 (Bergsten, 2014) och Svenskan 9 (Andersson m. fl. 2016). Avsikten är att se om referensbindningen, den tematiska bindningen och konnektivbindningen kan göras starkare/tydligare. Stark textbindning i läroböcker har enligt studi

In this thesis I investigate the labor market outcomes following the imposition of restrictive measures against unauthorized labor. I do this by studying the causal effects of the Arizona’s migration laws LAWA and SB 1070 on labor market outcomes in terms of employment, wages and the usual hours worked per week. In 2008, Arizona implemented The Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA), demanding all emplo

Bakgrund: Delegering av administrering och överlämnande av läkemedel till icke legitimerad personal är en allt vanligare lösning vid brist på sjuksköterskor med hot mot patientsäkerheten som följd. Syfte: Belysa huruvida patientsäkerheten påverkas då administrering samt överlämnande av läkemedel delegeras till icke legitimerad personal. Metod: En induktiv litteraturstudie utifrån tolv studier. Res

The Zapatista movement is a multilayered movement fighting unequal power structures and oppression. The movement has from the beginning incorporated a large number of women, both as members and as supporters. However, does the Zapatista movement recognize the multiple axes of oppression that women within the movement face? The aim of this thesis is to uncover how the theoretical ideas behind the c

The following study concerns the effects that lies behind accounting offenses. Accounting offenses is an important subject to study due to its wide spread throughout and great effect on society. More then 12 000 cases of accounting offenses were reported in Sweden during 2016 alone. The study’s main task was to identify social and normative relations that affect the actors’ actions in the business

One of the larger changes in society that affected individual’s lives during the 20th century is the increase in divorce rates that happened in almost all industrialized countries. It went from being an uncommon feature reserved for the rich to a prominent part of family-life. The increase occurred against the backdrop of economic growth and the industrialization. This study constructs a data set

Following the Arab Spring uprisings, Tunisia remains the only country in the region that has managed to protect a fragile yet successful democratization process. Tunisians have protested against their deteriorating quality of life as well as a lack of political and civil freedoms, with the hope to transform their society into a more developed one. Since then, the country has lived through signific

Bakgrund: Närstående är vanligen det främsta stödet till patienter med cancer i ett palliativt skede och tidigare forskning visar att närstående får ta ett stort ansvar för patientens vård. Syfte: Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur närstående till patienter med cancer i ett palliativt skede bemästrar sin livssituation. Metod: Studien gjordes som en litteraturstudie, som omfattar tio artiklar och

Drastic emission-reductions are needed to avoid the disastrous consequences of climate change. Flying is one of the highest individual carbon-impact actions. By 2050, the aviation industry’s share on global greenhouse gas emissions is expected to rise by 300 to 700%. An intervention to counteract this development is to reduce flying at universities as they have a critical role in leading sustainab

Saudi Arabia constitutes an interesting paradox regarding female labour force participation. Despite high living standards and education levels among women, Saudi Arabia has the largest gender employment gap in the world. The Saudi government addresses this issue in the recently launched National Development Plan Vision 2030 which aims to reconstruct the economy in order to decrease the kingdom’s

This study aims to provide insight into cultural change processes within mature organizations given an increasingly digitalized business environment. Therefore, we take the reader inside ScandiBank, a large Scandinavian financial organization with around two-hundred years of organizational history. The study is rooted in an interpretive research paradigm, and the data was gathered through semi-str

When the Act on System of choice was implemented on the Swedish homecare market in 2009, there seemed to be an assumed understanding that by increasing competition on the eldercare market through privatization it would create better opportunities for women. Entrepreneurship was phrased as a solution for empowering and emancipating women in breaking out from a fixed role in low-status professions.

Titel: Medarbetare på The Office? Jag ÄR The Office - En kvalitativ studie kring hur människors identifikation med en organisation påverkas av företagets organisationskultur. Vad: Examensarbete för kandidatexamen, VT 2018. Lunds universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för Service Management och tjänstevetenskap. Termin 6. Problemområde: Organisationskultur och identitet är två begrepp som a

Den här uppsatsen behandlar förväntningarna på framtiden vid årsskiftena under åren 1880-1914 i sex svensk-amerikanska veckotidningar. Med utgångspunkt i Reinhart Kosellecks teori om begreppsparet erfarenhetsrum och förväntningshorisont samt skiftet från det cykliska perspektivet till det lineära perspektivet som beskrivs av Lennart Lundmark undersöks hur förväntningar och erfarenheter förändras u

The effective width model was introduced to show how the flow was linearly proportional to the effective width on stairwells accounting for the edge effect as well as lateral body sway. In this sense, small increments on the width of the stairwell were proven to increment the flow through it in a linear manner. This same principle is currently applied as part of the background for the hydraulic ca

This paper deals with the impact of China on Ukraine and Argentina in relation to their agricultural sector. Both countries are oriented towards export of commodities as a driver for their economic growth. Based on several data sources from world renowned organizations, a comparative analysis is conducted to study the positive and negative effect from the growing relationship of Ukraine and Argent