The thesis evaluates the Swedish EITC and its effect on the employment rate. The Swedish EITC was introduced in 2007 to encourage more people to enter the labor market. This will be evaluated with a difference-in-difference method. The fact that the tax rate in the municipality is an important part of the formula for the EITC will be used to form groups depending of the size of the tax rate. A mun

This is a qualitative study amongst professional social workers who are working with financial aid for adults. The aim of this study was to illustrate how social workers working with financial aid view their discretion, and how this approach affected the vision of professionalism and the performance of social work. The theories discussed in this study are organization professionalism, occupational

This study is based on four unaccompanied young refugees' stories of their first experiences, and how they perceive their situation regarding the rights and acceptance as unaccompanied refugee children in Sweden. Method:Qualitative research method. Four semistructured interviews. Result: This study shows that unaccompanied refugees situation in Sweden do not always correspond to the reality th

This thesis explores the mechanisms through which donors govern the international aid system. By looking closer at the case of donor—NGO relationships in Nepal this paper aims at uncovering the technologies of power used by donors, consequences of these (power effects), and strategic responses from NGOs. Applying a combined governance and resource dependence approach, through a neo-institutionalis

In this paper I have examine how Voluntourism and its bisectional content is perceived and justified by operators who are active in the volunteer travel industry. I have taken a qualitative approach and I chose to do an observational study and complementing it with four interviews. Most of my material is obtained from a volunteer organization in Thailand but two of the interviews were made with vo

Political analyses of the reform period China are plentiful, and for each analysis, there seems to be another version of a “China Model” or “Beijing Consensus” for economic and social development. This paper argues that these vague conceptualizations need to be rooted in empirical observations; they need to be products of induction rather than deductive processes that reiterate the preconceptions

Då sökmotorer ständigt är i utveckling, och att Internet blir mer och mer öppet, ville vi undersöka hur den personliga integriteten uppfattas vid användning av dessa tjänster. För att vidare undersöka användningen av sökmotorer så valde vi, utifrån den teoretiska bakgrunden, att även belysa frågan om det finns en motsägelse hos individen vid deras uttalande och agerande vid användning av tjänsten.

The aim of this study has been to examine how the individual is represented in three self-help books and to distinguish dominant discourses in these same books. This has been made through a social constructionist approach. The self-help books that made up the basis for this essay were chosen in the following ways: they can be identified as self help books, and they have had high sales numbers; I t

Denna uppsats undersöker närmare det forum som sociala medier är för organisat-ioner. Genom en fallstudie på Findus och hästköttskandalen där diskursanalys, samt intervjuer varit metodvalen har vi kunnat se att samhällsdiskurser och orga-nisationers informationshantering är stora faktorer vid negativ ryktesspridning. Resultat visar att framförallt diskursanalys kan vara ett starkt verktyg till attThis thesis looks closer on to social media and what it mean for organisations and their presence in them. Through a case study on Findus and the so-called horse-meat scandal, where we choose to do discourse analysis and interviews, were we able to se that social discourses and organisation’s information management are big factors when it comes to negative rumour spread. The study primarily indica

Antal och val av förstärkningsuttryck skiljer sig mellan kvinnor och män. Några slumpmässigt utvalda informanter bekräftar tidigare forskningsresultat att kvinnor använder fler förstärkningsuttryck än män, samt att de svär i mindre utsträckning. Den bekräftar också att den så kallade ackommodationsteorin stämmer så tillvida att män och kvinnor anpassar sitt val och antal förstärkningsuttryck till

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka så kallade luffarsäkra bänkar och fenomenet exkluderande design ur ett ideologiskt perspektiv. Uppsatsen inleds med en definition av begreppet ideologi. Analysens tillvägagångssätt består i studier av exkluderande design samt litteratur- och mediastudier. Grundläggande begrepp som ideologi och hegemoni har analyserats men också frågor som rör exkluderande des

In a globalized world with increasing international trade, it is highly important to accurately determine environmental impacts resulting from pollution embodied in trade. This study examines carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions embodied in international trade of the United Kingdom from a consumption perspective, rather than the more conventional production side, during the period 1995-2009. The analysi

Food waste, a consequence of not keeping food fresh! This really became one of our main objectives to tackle during the project. Food waste that is produced today has a great impact on our world throughout the whole cycle of food production to the plate of the consumer. Design a new way of serving and presenting buffets in the Scandinavian hospitality sector, for minimizing food waste and increa

This thesis presents a study of iron oxide thin films, grown on a silver metal substrate, with the goal of characterizing the structures that form during growth of the first atomic layers. Such ultra-thin iron oxides are interesting model materials for fundamental surface chemistry and catalysis studies. The films were grown by reactive deposition of iron under ultra-high vacuum conditions and cha

Problem: I dagens samhälle har organisationsförändringar blivit allt vanligare och de anses vara allt viktigare för organisationers fortsatta utveckling. Inom den tidigare forskningen tas det enligt vår åsikt för lite hänsyn till medarbetare i relation till deras funktion inom organisationer. Syfte: Vi vill visa hur medarbetarna inom polismyndigheten upplever den interna kommunikationen kring förä

The concept of trade facilitation has gained increased attention during the past decade. In today’s globalized world, the relative cost of inefficient trade procedures has increased. The underlying aim of this study is to investigate whether inefficient trade procedures affect exports. More specifically, whether Ghana can increase its export volumes and/or export diversification by engaging in tra

The first aim of this thesis were to analyze China’s discourse of soft power in relation to their investments in the Zambian mining industry from the year 2000 to 2012. From a combination of Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis and Joseph Nye’s soft power theory, I can conclude, that in the 12 years period the Chinese soft power discourse was dominating and China could persuade and attr

During the late 20th century, large parts of the contributions to management theory consisted of concepts on management control systems. The purposes of these were often focused on manual labor and they directed the effort to control employees in order to get competitive advantage, typically through increased productivity (Simons, 1990). Today, however, the focus has shifted from control in labor-

På dagens arbetsplatser används informations- och kommunikationsverktyg i allt större utsträckning. Användningen har, utifrån vissa aspekter, visat sig inverka negativt på de anställdas arbete och på den interna kommunikationen. Tidigare forskning har berört stress orsakad av informations- och kommunikationsteknologi (IKT) men få studier har gjorts för att studera hur anställda upplever arbetet meIn today's workplace, information and communication technology (ICT) have seen an increased use and certain aspects of this use has proved to have a negative impact on employees' work performance and on the internal communication within an organization. Previous research has examined stress caused by ICT, but few studies have been done in order to study how employees perceive their work wi

The theme of this essay is to examine how prophet stories are presented for children. The specific aim is to analyze the narrative structure of two texts presenting the story of Adam. The study uses two Arabic children texts presenting the Story of Prophet Adam (pbuh). The study starts with presenting some theories and their typological frame of narratology and some of their narratological tools,