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Showing result 16 - 20 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words Job Search.

  2. 16. Poverty and the dynamics of equilibrium unemployment : essays on the economics of job search, skills, and savings

    Author : Henrik Lundvall; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  4. 17. Commuting time choice and the value of travel time

    Author : Jan-Erik Swärdh; Lars Hultkrantz; Bruno De Borger; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Value of time; Value of travel time; Commuting; Commuting time changes; Value of commuting time; Register data; On-the-job search; Revealed preferences; Stated preferences; Hypothetical bias; Scheduling constraints; Relocations; Certainty calibration; Quantile regression; Mixed logit; Gender differences; Economics; Nationalekonomi; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : In the modern industrialized society, a long commuting time is becoming more and more common. However, commuting results in a number of different costs, for example, external costs such as congestion and pollution as well as internal costs such as individual time consumption. READ MORE

  5. 18. The unemployment process : studies of search, selection, and social mobility in the labor market

    Author : Tomas Korpi; Aage Sørensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine some particular aspects of the unemployment process, the process by which the risk of unemployment is distributed within a population. This process can be partitioned into five distinct stages; the initiation of a "negative work career", entry into unemployment, the situation during unemployment, exit from unemployment, and finally the long-term consequences of unemployment for the employment situation of the individual. READ MORE

  6. 19. The Persistence of Unemployment: Does Competition between Employed and Unemployed Job Applicants Matter?

    Author : Stefan Eriksson; Michael C. Burda; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essaysEssay 1 (with Nils Gottfries) investigates why unemployment is so persistent in Europe. We formulate an efficiency wage model with on-the-job search where wages depend on turnover and employers may use information on whether the searching worker is employed or unemployed as a hiring criterion. READ MORE

  7. 20. Essays on Income Risk, Portfolio Choices and the Macroeconomy

    Author : Gualtiero Azzalini; Per Krusell; Kurt Mitman; Alexander Michaelides; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Macroeconomics; household finance; income risk; portfolio choice; wealth inequality; heterogeneous agents; insurance; search and matching; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Business cycle asymmetry of earnings pass-throughHow does the firm's role as an insurance provider vary over the business cycle? Using Swedish administrative data, I document that idiosyncratic firm productivity shocks are passed through workers' earnings asymmetrically. In non-recessions, firms are good insurers against negative shocks. READ MORE