Search for dissertations about: "Labor Reallocation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Labor Reallocation.

2. 1. Educational Choice and Labor Market Outcomes : Essays in Empirical Labor Economics

   Author : Marie Gartell; Mårten Palme; Anders Forslund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Linked employer-employee data; job and worker flows; Higher education; State dependence; College choice; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The Importance of Education for the Reallocation of Labor: Evidence from Swedish Linked Employer-Employee Data 1986-2002 Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy over a uniquely long time period from 1986 to 2002, we examine how job flows and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educa­tional levels. We find that job and worker flows vary by educational level, not only with respect to magnitude and variation, but with respect to direction as well. READ MORE

4. 2. Land, Power and Technology : Essays on Political Economy and Historical Development

   Author : Shuhei Kitamura; Torsten Persson; Jakob Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development Economics; Political Economy; History; Land Reform; Property Rights; Technology Adoption; Labor Reallocation; Structural Transformation; Clientelism; States; Empires; Borders; Geography; State Fragmentation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar JapanThis paper analyzes the effect of land ownership on technology adoption and structural transformation. A large-scale land reform in postwar Japan enforced a large number of tenant farmers who were cultivating land to become owners of this land. READ MORE

5. 3. Impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing : individual and firm-level evidence from the 1990s

   Author : Nannan Lundin; Pär Hansson; Lars Lundberg; Jozef Konings; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; export; firm-level productivity; reallocation; import discipline; market structure; mark-up; product differentiation; matched employer-employee data; inter-industry wage structure; nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers examining the impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing and labor market during the 1990s. By using detailed individual and firm-level information I aim to investigate how increased exposure to international trade, in terms of both export orientation and import penetration, affects technology development, profitability and wage structure. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on the Distribution of Production, Prices and Wealth

   Author : Charlotte Paulie; Mikael Carlsson; Timo Boppart; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Price setting; inflation targeting; misallocation; competition; international trade; labor share; welfare; entrepreneurs; wealth inequality; dual taxation; tax reform; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I: Using detailed Swedish micro data on prices and costs, this paper documents a decrease in the dispersion of changes in prices and markups following the introduction of an official inflation target of 2 percent. READ MORE

7. 5. Wages and Their Impact on Individuals, Households and Firms

   Author : Anna Thoresson; Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Ana Rute Cardoso; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wages; wage inequality; firms; competition; immigrant-native earnings gaps; career opportunities; teacher labor markets; household behavior; gender gaps; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: This paper studies how wages respond to employer concentration. It exploits a reform that deregulated the Swedish pharmacy market, which until 2009 was a monopoly. The reform involved a substantial increase in the number of employers on the pharmacy labor market. READ MORE