Search for dissertations about: "relative employment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 swedish dissertations containing the words relative employment.

  1. 1. Restructuring and employment change in sparsely populated areas : examples from Northern Sweden and Finland

    Author : Linda Lundmark; Ulf Wiberg; Bruno Jansson; Kerstin Westin; Jarkko Saarinen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Reconstructing; sparsely populated areas; tourism employment; forest-related employment; amenities; mobility; migration; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine ongoing restructuring and its impacts on sparsely populated areas in Sweden and Finland. In the context of sparsely populated areas, the global processes have great local impact because of their poor capacity to adapt to rapid economic changes. READ MORE

  2. 2. Higher Education and the Labor Market : A Study of University Access and Graduate Employment Opportunities in Nigera

    Author : Ejiaga Romanus; Vinayagum Chinapah; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; university access; labor market; job opportunity; employment; business administration; admissions; occupation; graduate output; quota system; Nigeria; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

    Abstract : This study examines problems of access to university education and graduate employment opportunities in Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigates issues of equality of opportunity in university education, quotas in admissions, geographical dispersion of higher educational institutions, student finance, university resources, student characteristics, university output, and the transition of graduates to the labor market. READ MORE

  3. 3. Multinationals, employment and wages : microeconomic evidence from Swedish manufacturing

    Author : Roger Bandick; Pär Hansson; Holger Görg; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign acquisitions; labor demand; matching; difference-in difference; multinational enterprises and survival analysis.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis, consisting of four essays, is to study the effects of multinationals and inward FDI on employment and wage formation in Swedish manufacturing during the 1990s. Paper [1] (co-authored with Patrik Karpaty) investigates the employment effects of foreign acquisitions in acquired firms in Swedish manufacturing during the 1990s. READ MORE

  4. 4. Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior

    Author : Martin Olsson; Peter Skogman Thoursie; Lars Persson; Andrea Ichino; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employment protection; private equity; spouses; labor supply; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence” An exemption in the Swedish Employment Security Act in 2001 allows employers with at most ten employees to exempt two workers from the seniority rule at times of redundancies. READ MORE

  5. 5. Seizure and non-seizure outcomes after epilepsy surgery in selected patient groups

    Author : Jesper Reinholdsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; epilepsy surgery; pediatric; children; intellectual disability; seizure outcome; social outcome; employment; educational outcome; long-term;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses some understudied aspects of epilepsy surgery with special emphasis on children and adolescents. The specific aims were to analyse educational and employment outcomes after epilepsy surgery in childhood or adolescence (Paper I), to analyse long-term seizure outcomes after resective epilepsy surgery in patients with IQ ... READ MORE