Search for dissertations about: "Labour market discrimination"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Labour market discrimination.

2. 11. Wages and unemployment of immigrants and natives in Sweden

   Author : Roger Vilhelmsson; Claes Wihlborg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrants pay; Sweden; Immigrants labour market; Arbetslöshet; Sverige; Invandrare; Löneskillnader; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Ethnic Di®erences in the Swedish Youth Labor Market This paperinvestigates whether or not ethnic background a®ects labormarket success for young people in Sweden. A multinomial logit model of mutually exclusive labor market outcomes is estimated using the Swedish School Leaver Survey on young people who graduated from compulsory school in 1988. READ MORE

4. 12. Will You Intermarry Me? : Determinants and Consequences of Immigrant-Native Intermarriage in Contemporary Nordic Settings

   Author : Annika Elwert; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; intermarriage; assortative mating; racial discrimination; immigrant integration;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the determinants and consequences of immigrant-native intermarriage in two Nordic countries, Sweden and Denmark, between 1980 and 2011. An increase in immigration during the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first century in the countries under study was accompanied by an increase in intermarriage. READ MORE

5. 13. Entrance to and advancement within the Swedish medical labour market for physicians with a medical degree from outside the European Union

   Author : Linda Sturesson Stabel; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Many physicians who migrate wish to continue practicing medicine in their destination country. However, they may meet barriers and obstacles that prolong the process of entering and advancing within the destination country’s medical labour market. READ MORE

6. 14. Essays on economic outcomes of immigrants and homosexuals

   Author : Lina) Lina (current name Aldén Andersson; Mats Hammarstedt; Bertil Holmlund; Växjö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labour supply; Labour force participation; Policy evaluation; Immigrants; Self-employment; Intergenerational transmission; Occupational choice; Earnings; Sexual orientation; Discrimination; Field experiment; Housing market; Internet.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five essays on the economic outcomes of immigrants and homosexuals on the labour and housing market.Essay I evaluates the effect of an in-work benefit on the labour supply of single immigrant women by means of simulation. READ MORE

7. 15. Negotiating Solidarity : Collective Actions for Precarious Migrant Workers’ Rights in Sweden

   Author : Nedžad Mešić; Magnus Dahlstedt; Aleksandra Ålund; Zoran Slavnic; Johan Söderman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Precarious migrant workers are today an everyday part of the Swedish labour market. They often work under conditions of vulnerability, on temporary contracts and with few rights. This dissertation examines collective actions aiming to improve the precarious conditions of three categories of workers –discriminated, seasonal and undocumented. READ MORE