Search for dissertations about: "Adrian Adermon"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Adrian Adermon.

  2. 1. Essays on the Transmission of Human Capital and the Impact of Technological Change

    Author : Adrian Adermon; Mikael Lindahl; Magnus Gustavsson; Markus Jäntti; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; intergenerational mobility; sibling correlations; natural experiment; copyright; music; movies; file sharing; piracy; inequality; job polarization; task-biased technological change; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: If grandparents have an independent impact on their grandchildren's schooling, intergenerational correlations estimated using two generations will underestimate the true level of intergenerational persistence in education. Recent research has found such multi-generational effects, but there is still no consensus on whether these estimates are due to a direct impact of grandparents on their grandchildren, or if they arise because of measurement error or model misspecification. READ MORE

  4. 2. Workers and Occupations in a Changing Labour Market : The Heterogeneous Effects of Mass Layoffs and Social Safety Nets

    Author : Yaroslav Yakymovych; Stefan Eriksson; Adrian Adermon; Georg Graetz; Michael Lechner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural change; Mass layoffs; Sickness absence; Causal forest; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Sickness insurance guarantees employees the right to take leave from work when they are sick, but is vulnerable to excessive use. This paper studies which workers react to changes in monitoring by physicians in a large-scale randomised experiment. READ MORE

  5. 3. Structural Change, Match Quality, and Integration in the Labor Market

    Author : Simon Ek; Peter Fredriksson; Georg Graetz; Maarten Goos; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural change; Outside options; Match quality; Integration of immigrants; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Are workers with poor outside opportunities less responsive and more susceptible to negative demand shifts in routine occupations? To answer this, I create and estimate an occupation specialization index (OSI) using Swedish register data and machine learning tools. It measures the expected difference in utility between a worker's occupation and his best non-routine outside option. READ MORE