Diss.--Médecine--Zürich--Medizinischen fakultät der Universität Zürich, 1993. / Ouvrage en allemand avec un résumé en anglais. Bibliogr. p. 274-279. Index.

In this thesis we find deep results on the structure of normal right n-Engel subgroups that are contained in some term of the upper central series of a group. We start with some known results, and one new result, on the structure of locally nilpotent n-Engel groups. These are closely related to the solution of the restricted Burnside problem. We also give specific details of the structure of 2-Engel and 3-Engel groups in the context of these results. The main idea of this thesis is to generalise these results to apply to normal upper central right n-Engel subgroups. We also consider the special case of locally finite p-groups and again generalise some deep results on the structure of n-Engel such groups to apply to right n-Engel subgroups. For each of the theorems on right n-Engel subgroups, complete details are given for the case n = 2. Right 3-Engel subgroups have a more complicated structure. For these we prove a Fitting result, for which we exclude the prime 3, and using this we also find a sharp bound on the upper central degree in the torsion-free case. In fact we only need to exclude the primes 2, 3 and 5 for this result. This gives some further information on the structure of right 3-Engel subgroups in the context of the main theorems.

Thesis--Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i. Br. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. vii-xii).

Thesis--Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i. Br. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. vii-xii).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität zu München (1898). / Lebenslauf.

Thesis--Basel. / Cover title. Text on p. [3] of cover. Curriculum vitae. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. 99-102.

Thesis--Basel. / Cover title. Text on p. [3] of cover. Curriculum vitae. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. 99-102.

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Remittances significantly affect recipient households’ behavior. Using data from the Jamaican Survey of Living Conditions and the Jamaican Labor Force Survey ( 2001-2007), this dissertation explores the effects of remittances on labor market participation and household expenditures. Jamaica’s proximity to the United States and its diaspora of educated individuals shapes an economy largely dependent on remittances, thus providing an interesting case study. First, we investigate whether remittances alter labor market behavior of married women in remittance-receiving households located in Jamaica. Remittances, the wife’s education, and wages are all treated as endogenous when estimating labor market participation and hours worked. Unlike other studies, we find that after instrumenting for remittances, the outside income has no significant effect on the supply of labor. Second, we assess the extent that remittances alter the consumption pattern of recipient households in Jamaica. Classical theory predicts that total income affects household consumption decisions, but developments in behavioral economics suggest otherwise. The disaggregation of income streams and consumption expenditures provide us with unique insight into household behavior and in particular, spending on items such as food, schooling, and vices. Using Engel curve estimation and the two-part fractional response models, we find that the source of income significantly affects the shares of income spent in specific consumption categories. Recipients, for example, generally spend more of their income on schooling and home production and less at the grocery store. These findings suggest important implications should government look to tax or restrict the flow of remittances.

The essay is a study of The Glassy Sea by the Canadian author Marian Engel. The novel focuses on the main character's self exploration ans her search for identity. A Jungian approach to this novel is particularly appropriate since the author makes use of several achetypes and symbols. Moreover, the novel is presented in an introspective manner that brings to the mind the method of self-examination used in psychoanalysis. The essay studies the development of the main character's identity, Rita. Her quest can be summed up in two questions: Who is she and what does she want to do with her life? We follow Rita through a series of steps that will lead her to maturity and to an independant life. Her development takes place in stages and the essay focuses on four of these. There is a regularity of pattern at each stage; Rita lives in different homes where she is under the influence of a mentor, whose role model she accepts at first, submits to and finally rejects. Among the archetypal images that appear in the novel, we find that the mother archetype is omnipresent and that Rita's growth progress is strongly connected to the mother complex. The author also makes use of the egg, the rose and the sea symbols to underline certain aspects of Rita's development. The essay seeks to connect Rita's developmental phases to the initiation rituals and the individuation process described by Jung.