Search for dissertations about: "Labor income"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 167 swedish dissertations containing the words Labor income.

2. 1. School Reform, Educational Achievement and Lifetime Income : Essays in Empirical Labor Economics

   Author : Anders Böhlmark; Anders Björklund; Dan-Olof Rooth; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economics of education; international migration; lifetime income; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The Impact of School Choice on Pupil Achievement, Segregation and Costs: Swedish Evidence. This paper evaluates school choice at the compulsory school level. We estimate the impact of an increased enrolment in private schools on average achievement using within-municipality variation over time. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Income Risk and Inequality

   Author : Karl Harmenberg; Per Krusell; Fatih Guvenen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; income risk; income inequality; consumption; durable goods; cyclical skewness; top-income inequality; gender gap; glass ceiling; assortative mating; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Consumption Dynamics under Time-Varying Unemployment Risk We study the response of households' demand for durable goods to fluctuations in unemployment risk. First, using survey data, we document that household durable expenditures react strongly to unemployment risk, while the effect on nondurable expenditures is indistinguishable from zero. READ MORE

5. 3. Studies on Social Insurance, Income Taxation and Labor Supply

   Author : Lisa Laun; Mårten Palme; Per Johansson; Josef Zweimüller; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social insurance; Income taxation; Labor supply; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers, summarized as follows. "Disability Insurance, Population Health, and Employment in Sweden"This paper describes the development of population health and disability insurance utilization for older workers in Sweden and analyzes the relation between the two. READ MORE

6. 4. The Immigrant Experience: Changing Employment and Income Patterns in Sweden, 1970 - 1993

   Author : Kirk Scott; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrant; Social and economic history; cultural distance; technological change; Ekonomisk och social historia; integration; Sweden; labor market; income; migration; assimilation;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the changing patterns of employment and income assimilation among male immigrants to Sweden. In brief, the results of this work are that immigrants have been facing an increasingly difficult time integrating into the Swedish economy. READ MORE

7. 5. Explaining Earnings and Income Inequality in Chile

   Author : Alexis Palma; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Income Inequality; Inequality Decomposition; Chile; Labor Market; Informal Sector; Bootstrap; Quintile Regressions;

   Abstract : The focal point of all papers in this thesis is income inequality in Chile. In some of them household income is analyzed, in others monthly earnings or the wage rate are used. In the first and fourth paper a long-run analysis is done, while in the second and third I concentrate my attention only on the 1990s. READ MORE