Search for dissertations about: "dual labour market"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words dual labour market.

2. 1. General purpose technology diffusion and labour market dynamics : A spatio-temporal perspective

   Author : Mikhail Martynovich; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; general purpose technology; technological change; information technology; IT; diffusion; labour market dynamics; labour mobility; worker reallocation; Sweden;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims at advancing the knowledge about the role of the labour market in the process of the technology-induced economic transformation, taking into account the variety of factors involved at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of the economy and at different geographical scales. Empirically, the dissertation investigates the co-evolutionary dynamics of industrial restructuring and worker reallocation across and within regional labour markets induced by the diffusion of the information technology as a general purpose technology (GPT) in Sweden in the period between 1985 and 2010. READ MORE

4. 2. Employability perceptions : Nature, determinants, and implications for health and well-being

   Author : Erik Berntson; Magnus Sverke; Staffan Marklund; Jan Johansson Hanse; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employability; employability perceptions; flexibility; individualisation; changing labour market; self-evaluation; self-efficacy; dual labour market; human capital; health; well-being; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : The general aim of the present thesis is to increase our understanding of perceived employability. Employability perceptions refer to individuals’ beliefs about their possibilities of finding new, equal, or better employment. READ MORE

5. 3. Salary determination in professional labour markets

   Author : Maria Hemström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on salary determination in professional labour markets.Essay I analyses the early labour market careers of young business administrators and economists. The data used were collected by means of a survey conducted in 1992. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Child Care and Higher Education

   Author : Linda Holmlund; Magnus Wikström; Niklas Hanes; Torberg Falch; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Child care demand; subsidized child care; dual care provider model; local public expenditures; income taxation; college quality; earnings; selection on observables; university choice; earnings distribution; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. Paper [I] examines whether fathers influence the time their children spend in subsidized child care. Two non-nested models of family child care demand are estimated. READ MORE

7. 5. Long-term sickness absence : aspects of society, work, and family

   Author : Ulrik Lidwall; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Sickness absence; sickness insurance; labour market; job strain; work environment; lifestyle factors; work-family interference; gender;

   Abstract : Sickness absence has varied considerably in Sweden over time and increased substantially between 1997 and 2002, especially among women. The composition of such absence has also changed in that there have been increases in sick leave due to mental illness, prolongation of sickness absence periods, and a larger proportion of women than men on long-term sick leave. READ MORE