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- Sävblom, C, et al.
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Association between polymorphisms in the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) promoter and release of PSA
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Journal of Andrology. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0105-6263 .- 1365-2605. ; 32:5, s. 479-485
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Variations in serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) have been ascribed to A/G nucleotide polymorphisms located at -158 bp (rs266882) and -4643 bp (rs925013), relative to the transcription start site within the promoter of the PSA gene. PSA is also an androgen receptor target (AR) gene and polymorphisms in AR gene are known to affect AR function. Our objective was to compare the impact of these A/G polymorphisms separately or in combination with AR CAG micro satellite on regulation of PSA secretion into seminal plasma and blood in young men. Leukocyte DNA was extracted from 291 conscripts and genotyping performed with the Sequenom Mass Array System. PSA was measured with an immunofluorometric assay. Linear regression analysis was used to test the association of polymorphism frequencies with serum and seminal plasma levels of PSA. PSA gene polymorphisms at -158 bp or -4643 bp did not alone influence total PSA (tPSA) levels in seminal plasma or in blood. Homozygotes for the A-allele at -158 bp in combination with CAG > 22 had significantly higher serum levels of tPSA than subjects carrying the G-allele (p = 0.01). In conclusion, the PSA gene polymorphisms did not importantly influence the levels of tPSA in seminal plasma or in blood. tPSA in serum was influenced by interactions between PSA promoter variants and AR CAG polymorphism.
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- Andersson, Jonatan, 1991-
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Migrants and Towns : Self-Selection and Occupational Attainment of Rural-Urban Migrants in Swedish History
- 2024
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- As countries experience structural transformation, a large portion of the rural population migrates to urban areas. A recurring question within social scientific fields, including economics, sociology, and economic history, is whether these migrants witness economic returns from relocating. This dissertation approaches this question by examining the self-selection and occupational attainment of rural-urban migration in Sweden during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century from a micro-level perspective. It consists of one introductory chapter and four research papers. A novel longitudinal database forms the empirical foundation for three out of the four research papers.Paper I investigates the determinants of rural-urban migration in the context of children leaving their parental homes. The results show that migration was selective on socio-economic status for men but not for women and that households engaged in risk-minimizing strategies by sending children of different genders to urban areas.Paper II analyzes the skill attainment of rural-urban migrants in urban areas. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, the results show that rural-urban migrants immediately upgraded their occupations when arriving in urban areas. However, they also witnessed further gains as they spent time in the urban area. Paper III is concerned with the intergenerational mobility of rural-urban return migrant men. I employ a within-household fixed-effects strategy to show that return migrants experienced substantial gains from temporarily moving to urban areas.Paper IV investigates the labor-market assimilation of rural-urban migrants. By contrast to the optimistic findings of the previous papers, I show that migrants never succeeded in converging with urban natives in terms of labor market outcomes. Taken together, the results show that at least migrant men were positively selected on socio-economic background, although most migrants originated in poorer households. Rural-urban migrants succeeded in improving their labor market outcomes after relocating but never reached the same heights as the urban born.
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- Andersson-Skog, Lena, et al.
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Om ekonomisk historia
- 2020. - 1
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Ingår i: Vad är ekonomisk historia?. - : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144132945 ; , s. 21-37
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- Andersson-Skog, Lena, et al.
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Om metoder i ekonomisk historia
- 2020. - 1
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Ingår i: Vad är ekonomisk historia?. - : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144132945 ; , s. 67-91
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- Andersson-Skog, Lena, et al.
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Om teorier i ekonomisk historia
- 2020. - 1
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Ingår i: Vad är ekonomisk historia?. - : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144132945 ; , s. 39-66
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- Bengtsson, Erik, et al.
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Ekonomisk ojämlikhet
- 2020
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Ingår i: Vad är ekonomisk historia?.
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- Borell, Lena, et al.
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Community-based Occupational Therapy : A Study of Elderly People with Home Help in a Social-Welfare District in Stockholm
- 1995
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1103-8128 .- 1651-2014. ; 2:3-4, s. 138-144
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since 1992 the local authorities in Sweden have been responsible for the rehabilitation of elderly people living at home. Few studies of this relatively new form of rehabilitation have been reported. The aim of this study was to describe the type of occupational- therapy interventions received by elderly people over the age of 65 living in an urban area. Another aim was to describe the patterns in the performances of 648 elderly people. The study demonstrated that most of the elderly people who received occupational therapy also received home help several times a day. indicating that these elderly people had severe problems in the activities of daily living (ADL) in the area of self-care. Home-making activities and activities outside the home were the most problematic activities. The elderly also wanted to engage in more activities than they were judged to have the capacity for and or the environmental support to do. The implications of the results for community-base, occupational-therapy programs are discussed
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- Bäcklund, Dan, 1947-, et al.
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Adolescents’ impact on family economy in Sweden : During the first decades of the twentieth century
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Family History. - : SAGE Publications. - 0363-1990 .- 1552-5473. ; 44:1, s. 3-23
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Adolescents' income contributions to working-class families decreased between the 1910s and the 1930s in Sweden. This was significant for adolescents' right to self-determination. By using household budget surveys, this article shows that at the time of the Great Depression, working adolescents paid less at home than had been common at the beginning of the twentieth century. Youth unemployment is one explanation, although it was also a consequence of children keeping more of their earnings for themselves. This development led to rising costs for having children and is interpreted as an aspect of the trade-off between quantity and quality of children.
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- Bäcklund, Dan, 1947-, et al.
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Gärna barn, men hellre en allmän pension
- 2011
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Ingår i: Aktörer och marknader i omvandling. - Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. - 9789155480592 ; , s. 71-82
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