Search for dissertations about: "Childcare"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the word Childcare.

  2. 16. 1. "Does Providing Childcare to Unemployed Affect Unemployment Duration?" 2. "Dynamic effects of mandatory activation of welfare participants" (together with Anna Persson)

    Author : Ulrika Vikman; Matz Dahlberg; Eva Mörk; Oddbjørn Raaum; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

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  4. 17. Studies on Household Labor Supply and Home Production

    Author : Elina Pylkkänen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Hourly wage rate; Random effects; Labor supply; Discrete choice; Policy simulation; Single mothers; Welfare participation; Fixed costs of working; Home production; Household productivity; Time use; Parental leave; Childcare; Family policies; Career interruptions;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained empirical studies on different topics in labor economics based on the Swedish data. Short summaries on each paper are given below: Paper [1]: The aim is to construct models for predicting hourly wage rates and household labor supply for a dynamic microsimulation model, Sesim. READ MORE

  5. 18. 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

  6. 19. Benefits or Work? Social Programs and Labor Supply

    Author : Ulrika Vikman; Matz Dahlberg; Eva Mörk; Michael Svarer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Economics; Policy Evaluation; Maternal labor supply; Unemployment; Activation;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I: This essay evaluates how access to paid parental leave affects labor market entrance for immigrating mothers with small children. READ MORE

  7. 20. Strategic Interactions among Swedish Local Governments

    Author : Karin Edmark; Matz Dahlberg; Sören Blomquist; Jan Brueckner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; Strategic Interactions; Spatial Interactions; Tax Competition; Welfare Competition; Fiscal Federalism; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 (with Matz Dahlberg) investigates if local governments react on the welfare benefit levels in neighbouring jurisdictions when setting their own benefit levels. The IV estimates indicate that there exists a "race-to-the-bottom" and that the effect is economically as well as statistically significant. READ MORE