Search for dissertations about: "Labor share"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 swedish dissertations containing the words Labor share.
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1. Just Labor : Labor Ethic in a Post-Soviet Reindeer Herding Community
Abstract : This book explores the main ethical norms that influence labor in reindeer herding in the European part of the Russian North (Murmansk Region). It is based on the assumption that Soviet ideological discourse of labor has been reinterpreted in practice, and has shaped specific patterns of work that may seem contradictory to their official source. READ MORE
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2. On the Cost of Capital, Profits and the Diffusion of Ideas
Abstract : Estimating the Cost of Capital and the Profit Share Compensation of the factor of production capital is not directly observed since most firms own part of their capital stock. I develop a new method to estimate capital compensation. READ MORE
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3. Essays on Labor Supply and Adjustment Frictions
Abstract : Labor Supply Responses and Adjustment Frictions: A Tax-Free Year in IcelandHow does labor supply respond to a temporary wage change? To answer this question, I study an unexpected and salient tax reform in Iceland in 1987 that resulted in a year free of labor income taxes, but creating only minimal income effects, offering an ideal natural experiment. I first construct a new employer-employee dataset from digitized administrative records for the population. READ MORE
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4. Gender, Incentives, and the Division of Labor
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay 1: The length of parental leave entitlements is known to affect take-up rates, division of parental leave between parents, and the mother's decision to return to work. So far, however, the importance of the level of benefit has received little attention in the literature. READ MORE
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5. Empirical Essays on Wage Setting and Immigrant Labor Market Opportunities
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1: This essay estimates wage assimilation among non-western immigrants in Sweden, controlling for selection into employment by including individual fixed effects. READ MORE