Search for dissertations about: "Wage rigidity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Wage rigidity.

  2. 1. Essays on macroeconomic fluctuations and nominal wage rigidity

    Author : Åsa Johansson; Steinar Holden; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labour market; Monetary policy; Wage determination; Wages; Monetary policy; Löner; Sysselsättning; Penningpolitik; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays on labor market and monetary policy.The essay ”The Interaction Between Labor Market Policy and Monetary Policy: An Analysis of Time Inconsistency Problems” studies the interaction between time inconsistency problems in labor market policy and monetary policy. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Macroeconomics: Wage Rigidity and Aggregate Fluctuations

    Author : Maria Olsson; Mikael Carlsson; Oskar Nordström Skans; Christian Merkl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wages; Unemployment; Monetary Non-Neutrality; Collective Bargaining; Production Networks; Micro-to-Macro;

    Abstract : Essay I: I use Swedish micro data to analyze how firms adjusted their labor costs in response to the large drop in aggregate demand during the Great Recession. For identification, I exploit that the recession primarily hit export-dependent firms in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Labor Supply and Adjustment Frictions

    Author : Jósef Sigurdsson; Torsten Persson; Arash Nekoei; Peter Fredriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intertemporal labor supply; Frisch elasticity; Labor supply; Adjustment frictions; Geographic mobility; Moving costs; Comparative advantage; Wage rigidity; Monetary policy; Consumption; Household debt; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Labor Supply Responses and Adjustment Frictions: A Tax-Free Year in IcelandHow does labor supply respond to a temporary wage change? To answer this question, I study an unexpected and salient tax reform in Iceland in 1987 that resulted in a year free of labor income taxes, but creating only minimal income effects, offering an ideal natural experiment. I first construct a new employer-employee dataset from digitized administrative records for the population. READ MORE

  6. 4. Nominal Wage Contracts, Aggregate and Firm-Specific Uncertainty - How High is the Private Cost of Wage Rigidity?

    Author : Stefan Laséen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  7. 5. Essays in Empirical Labor Economics

    Author : John Ekberg; Jonas Agell; Mårten Palme; Steinar Holden; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; J30; J13; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the field of empirical labor economics.The first essay, Nominal Wage Rigidity in the Swedish Labor Market, presents an empirical investigation of the extent of downward nominal wage rigidity on the Swedish labor market. READ MORE