Search for dissertations about: "Labour Economics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 210 swedish dissertations containing the words Labour Economics.

  1. 1. Education and the Family : Essays in Empirical Labour Economics

    Author : Helena Holmlund; Anders Björklund; Sandra Black; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economics of education; family economics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Estimating Long-Term Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: An Examination of the Siblings Approach In the study of the consequences of teenage motherhood, the siblings approach has been proposed as a strategy to control for unobserved family background. Revisiting this literature, my contribution in adopting the siblings approach lies in controlling for heterogeneity within the family by using pre-motherhood school performance, a characteristic that differs across sisters. READ MORE

  2. 2. Labour productivity and international trade

    Author : Lihong Yun; Lars Lundberg; Adam Szirmai; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labour productivity; labour demand; inter-industry wage premium; export; import penetration; FDI; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The aims of the four treatises contained in here are to investigate the determinants of export (and FDI) and possible impacts of international trade on labour productivity, labour demand and inter-industry wage premiums. Paper [1] uses shift-share method and augmented production function-approach. READ MORE

  3. 3. Sickness Absence and Labour Market Outcomes

    Author : Patrik Hesselius; Bertil Holmlund; Maarten Lindeboom; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Labour economics; Health economics; Sickness absence; Unemployment; Wages; Spousal retirement; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I examines whether a worker’s sickness absence behaviour influences the risk of becoming unemployed. Swedish panel data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and the duration of sick leaves and subsequent unemployment. READ MORE

  4. 4. Essays in Empirical Labour Economics : Family Background, Gender and Earnings

    Author : Lalaina Hirvonen; Anders Björklund; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intergenerational mobility; Assortative mating; Nonlinearity; Female labour force participation; Sex-mix composition; Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities; Education; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : All three essays in this thesis are concerned with the interrelation of family, gender and labour market outcomes. The first paper investigates family earnings mobility between parents and sons, and parents and daughters, highlighting the role of assortative mating. The results suggest that daughters are more mobile than sons. READ MORE

  5. 5. Employment in New Firms : Mobility and Labour Market Outcomes

    Author : Gulzat Zhetibaeva Elvung; Kristina Nyström; Guido Buenstrof; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firms; labour market entrants; wage penalty; job switchers; employment; long-term employment; stepping stone hypothesis; entrepreneurship; self-employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the role of new firms in the labour market and uses Swedish data to analyze labour mobility in new firms, including both transitions of workers into and from new firms. In particular, it focuses on employees’ wages in new firms and post-new firm employment labour market outcomes as transitions into long-term employment and entrepreneurship. READ MORE