Search for dissertations about: "Local Labour Market Area"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Local Labour Market Area.
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1. Home, Job and Space : Mapping and Modeling the Labor Market
Abstract : How does space affect individuals’ outcome on the labor market? And how do we measure it? Beyond the notion of the labor market as a system of supply and demand, lays a society of individuals and workplaces, whose relationships are undeniably complex. This thesis aims to shed some new light on how to investigate and analyze the complex labor market relationships from a spatial perspective. READ MORE
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2. Attitudes towards starting small business : youth and local authorities in a changing labour market?
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the extent to which a local authority can change the attitudes of its youth, away from public sector employment to the development of small business, through education. Traditionally the region of Norrbotten has favoured the public sector. READ MORE
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3. Workers and Occupations in a Changing Labour Market : The Heterogeneous Effects of Mass Layoffs and Social Safety Nets
Abstract : Essay I: Sickness insurance guarantees employees the right to take leave from work when they are sick, but is vulnerable to excessive use. This paper studies which workers react to changes in monitoring by physicians in a large-scale randomised experiment. READ MORE
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4. Firms and people in place : driving forces for regional growth
Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to quantitatively study the driving forces and mechanisms for regional growth from an endogenous and exogenous perspective and reveal the most important factors contributing to regional growth, by focusing on three aspects: local labour market, the supply side and the demand side of the labour market. The thesis is designed to use Swedish micro register data to develop spatial models with higher spatial resolution. READ MORE
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5. Geographic Labour Mobility - Causes and Consequences
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters. The first chapter studies the causes of internal migration, the second studies the earnings effects of internal migration, and the third analyses what could be perceived as an effect of mobility but is in fact not. READ MORE