Search for dissertations about: "gender wage differentials"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words gender wage differentials.

  2. 1. Empirical studies on health insurance, employment of immigrants and the gender wage gap

    Author : Lena Nekby; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social insurance history; Immigrants labour market; Pay differentials gender; Sweden; Sjukförsäkring; Sjukkassor; Kvinnolön; Sverige;

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  4. 2. Studies on unemployment duration and on the gender wage gap

    Author : Anna Thoursie; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Effects of Renewable Benefit Periods and Labour Market Programmes on the Exit Rate from UnemploymentThe main question addressed in this paper concerns the incentive effects of time-restricted unemployment benefits, as manifest in a rising exit rate from unemployment to employment when the moment of benefit exhaustion approaches: are these incentive effects lost when participation in labour market programmes is at hand as a way of renewing benefit eligibility? This renewal possibility is available as part of the Swedish unemployment insurance system. A piecewise-constant, proportional competing-risks hazard model is estimated using Swedish administrative data generated during the period 1994-1997. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on discrimination, welfare and labor supply

    Author : Roger Wahlberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender Wage Gap; Endogenous Schooling; Panel Data; Occupational Segregation; Labor;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers in applied labor economics. The first two papers are related to wage discrimination between males and females, whereas the next two papers are related to labor supply and welfare participation, while the last paper analysis early retirement in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Family and Labor Economics

    Author : Katarina Richardson; James Albrecht; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Familjeekonomi; löneskillnader; vårdnadsfrågor; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Are Divorcing Parents Induced to Choose Joint Custody? An Evaluation Using Implementation Theory: What demands do divorcing parents make in court with respect to custody, under different legal regimes. This question is analyzed using the tools from implementation theory. READ MORE