Search for dissertations about: "Mats Hammarstedt"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Mats Hammarstedt.

  2. 1. Making a living in a new country

    Author : Mats Hammarstedt; Per-Anders Edin; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrants; second generation immigrants; income assimilation; public transfer system; self-employment; self-employment traditions; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of six self-contained essays focusing on immigrants' maintenance in Sweden. These six essays study immigrants' incomes from different sources. The first three focus on immigrants' incomes from work and on their position in the Swedish public transfer system. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply

    Author : Lina Andersson; Mats Hammarstedt; Eskil Wadensjö; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-employment; Intergenerational transmission; Immigrants; Labour supply; Labour force participation; Policy evaluation; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This licentiate’s thesis consists of two essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply.The first essay (co-author Mats Hammarstedt), Intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment: Evidence from three generations, reviews intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment over three generations. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. Essays on Ethnic Segregation and Economic Outcomes

    Author : Emma Neuman; Mats Hammarstedt; Lina Aldén; Oskar Nordström Skans; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ethnic segregation; tipping behaviour; neighbourhood effect; labour market outcomes; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: This paper studies tipping behaviour in the residential mobility of the native population inSweden between 1990 and 2007. Using regression discontinuity methods, we find that thegrowth in native population in a neighbourhood discontinuously drops once aneighbourhood’s immigrant share exceeds the identified tipping point. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on Segregation, Gender Economics, and Self-employment

    Author : Emma Neuman; Mats Hammarstedt; Lina Aldén; Mahmood Arai; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ability balance; Earnings; Economic outcomes; Ethnic segregation; Gender gaps; Immigrants; Jack-of-all-trades theory; Labour force participation; Native flight; Native avoidance; Occupational choice; Self-employment; Tipping behaviour.; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical essays on the topics of ethnic segregation, gender economics, and self-employment.   Essay I investigates how the residential mobility of Sweden's native population contributes to ethnic segregation, by applying regression discontinuity methods. READ MORE