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- Bonander, Carl, 1988-, et al.
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Universities as engines for regional growth? : Using the synthetic control method to analyze the effects of research universities
- 2016
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Ingår i: Regional Science and Urban Economics. - : Elsevier. - 0166-0462 .- 1879-2308. ; 60, s. 198-207
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Are research universities important for regional growth and development? We study the impact on the regional economy of granting research university status to three former university colleges in three different regions in Sweden. We analyze the development in the treated regions compared to a set of control regions that are created using the synthetic control method. We find small or no effects on the regional economy. Our findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of research universities in fostering regional growth and development We contribute to the existing research by using a more credible identification strategy in assessing the effects of universities on the regional economy compared to what has usually been used in previous studies.
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- Gärling, Tommy, 1941-, et al.
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Economic and psychological determinants of ownership, use and changes in use of private cars
- 2018. - 2
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Ingår i: The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 9781316676349 - 9781107161399 ; , s. 567-594
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this chapter, we first address two questions: why are automobiles purchased, and why are automobiles, after being purchased, used to such a large extent? We argue that instrumental and economic factors (including time savings) play important roles. Yet, psychological factors appear to also play a decisive role. Following a brief overview of factors accounting for the unprecedented historical increase in automobile ownership (Section 19.2), determinants of private car use will be analysed in the following section, 19.3. Substantial environmental and societal costs of private car use such as congestion, noise, air pollution, excessive land use crowding out other uses and depletion of material and energy resources are expected future consequences of the worldwide increasing trend in automobile ownership and use (Goodwin, 1996; Greene and Wegener, 1997; van Wee, 2012, 2014). In many urban areas, these consequences are already being felt, leading to various policy measures for reducing or changing private car use being placed high on the political agendas. In Section 19.4, we describe and classify a number of such policy measures. Following this classification, we review in the same section evidence of the policy measures’ effectiveness, public acceptability and political feasibility. Historical Trends in Private Car Ownership and Use The automobile has drastically altered the development of the world like few other human inventions. In the developed countries, and now in developing countries, its versatility strongly contributes to why it is chosen for urban, suburban and rural travel (Jakobsson, 2007). Versatility (in this chapter, referred to as instrumental motives) is, however, not a sufficient explanation. As will be argued, the automobile is also chosen because it is fun to drive and ride, provides privacy and security and signals social status (Gatersleben, 2007, 2014; Stradling, 2002). Even though cars were available at the beginning of the twentieth century, it was only in the years after World War II with the subsequent spread of affluence and the acceleration of automobile mass production that ownership was brought within the reach of a majority of households in the industrialised world.
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- Jansson, Olle, 1978-, et al.
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Från trygghet till omställning : avtal mellan PTK och SAF
- 2022
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Ingår i: Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv. - Karlstad : Karlstads universitet. - 1400-9692 .- 2002-343X. ; 28:1, s. 6-25
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Denna artikel ger historiska perspektiv på hur trygghets- och omställningsavtalet mellan SAF och PTK upprättades och sedan omförhandlats sedan 1970-talets början. Artikeln pekar på att trygghets- och omställningsavtalens uppkomst och förändring, kan förstås som ett uttryck för ett ”trilemma”; ett (svårt) val mellan trygghet, flexibilitet och kompetensutveckling. Hur avtalen uppstått och sett ut har varit följden av en avvägning mellan parternas preferenser och maktresurser. Avtalets utformning har växlat på grund av de båda parternas förhandlingspositioner, ändrade förhållanden på arbetsmarknaden, samt reviderade upplevda behov av vilka problem som behöver lösas.
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- Brismark, Anna, et al.
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A TEXTILE WEB : Jewish immigrants in Gothenburg in the early nineteenth century and their impact on the textile market
- 2015
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of History. - Oxfordshire : Routledge. - 0346-8755 .- 1502-7716. ; 40:4, s. 485-511
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The 1830s has been singled out as the decade in which the Swedish consumer market really started to expand. In the same period, cotton textile production expanded in the Gothenburg area. A small group of immigrant Jewish families played an important role in this development. The impact of Jewish merchants on the growth of the consumer goods market is consistent with international research. Their entrepreneurial activities and renewal of textile production and trade have been emphasized. This has, however, not been paid much attention to in the Swedish research. This article discusses what impact the Jewish immigrants had on the increase of the textile market in Gothenburg and its surroundings. Through a couple of case studies and examples, we want to elucidate the significance of Jewish textile production and trade: Jewish calico printers started up mass production of fashionable fabrics in the 1820s. Furthermore, Jewish merchants spread their goods to customers in the countryside in cooperation with Swedish pedlars. The authors also discuss different reasons why the Jews played such a significant role during this particular period: The role of the legislation, the Jewish textile tradition, access to capital, networks, effective distribution, a growing consumer demand, and the geographical context.
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- Furåker, Bengt, 1943, et al.
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Commitment to work and job satisfaction : studies of work orientations
- 2012
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- People's work orientations and attitudes to paid work are highly important for the welfare of any country. Still, little is currently known about how such attitudes are distributed among different countries, men and women, classes, occupations, age groups and so on. Even less is known about how work orientations have changed during the dramatic social transformations of economies and labour markets during recent decades. What happened, for example, to work orientations in Iceland when the country went bankrupt? The answer is quite surprising. Or, is it true that work is losing its position in people's lives in Western world? What is the relationship between people's attitudes to work and the way they actually behave on the labour market?This timely book deals with these questions - and more - presenting fresh knowledge on changes in work orientations in many countries. It is based on genuine theoretical arguments and thorough empirical studies, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is a great source of new knowledge on work orientations and changes in attitudes to work.
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- Rahnert, Katharina
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Enhancing morality through charity accounting during the Swedish famine of 1867–1869
- 2024
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Ingår i: Accounting History. - : Sage Publications. - 1032-3732 .- 1749-3374. ; 29:1, s. 107-122
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The objective of this article is to describe instances of charity accounting relating to a natural disaster in Sweden and to analyse the relationship between charity accounting and dimensions of moral conception prevailing in Sweden in the second half of the nineteenth century. Drawing on accounts of the Stockholm Relief Committee for Norrland, a temporary charity organisation established during the Swedish Famine of 1867–1869, the study shows that moral conceptions affected not only the distribution of relief but also what was accounted for. There are also indications that accounting was used to enhance the morality of the propertied class to act in the interest of those in need. In this way, the broader social implications of accounting history are considered, and previous conceptions of accounting as a one-sided technology exclusively favouring propertied interests and enhancing the morality of the poor are challenged.
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