Search for dissertations about: "Minimum wage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Minimum wage.

2. 1. Essays on Labour Market Structure and Policies

   Author : Mirco Tonin; John Hassler; Tito Boeri; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; minimum wage; tax evasion; wage distribution; Hungary; in-work benefits; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of three essays on labour market structure and policies.Minimum Wage and Tax Evasion: Theory builds a theoretical model to analyse the interaction between minimum wage legislation and tax evasion by employed labour. READ MORE

4. 2. Toward more inclusive labor markets : A firm-level perspective on hiring outsiders

   Author : Hans Seerar Westerberg; Dan Johansson; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Per Skedinger; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor costs; minimum wage; payroll tax; employment; immigrants; unemployment; high-growth firms;

   Abstract : This thesis contains five self-contained papers on firms’ hiring decisions regarding outsiders and how these decisions interact with insiders. Outsiders are broadly defined as people with a weak labor market position, e.g., unemployed, non-Western migrants or minimum-wage workers. READ MORE

5. 3. Partial and General Equilibrium Effects of Unemployment Insurance : Identification, Estimation and Inference

   Author : Mathias von Buxhoeveden; Björn Öckert; Johan Vikström; Rafael Lalive; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Economics; Unemployment Insurance; Wage Level and Structure; Job Search; Duration Analysis; Econometric and Statistical Methods; Selection Models; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: Wage setting models typically posit a tight relationship between the generosity of unemployment insurance (UI) and equilibrium wages. This paper estimates the effect of UI on workers’ wages. READ MORE

6. 4. Malthusian Progress

   Author : Jacob Weisdorf; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Mobility; Preventive Checks; Positive Checks; Industrial Revolution; French Revolution; Mortality; Longevity; Malthusian Model; Fertility; Industrious Revolution ; Economic Growth;

   Abstract : Some scholars maintain that pre-industrial England was held in a Malthusian ‘trap’, and that this trap prevented the sustained growth of real wages until as late as 1800. Opponents to this view argue that the structural transformations occurring in preindustrial England – urbanization, labour reallocation between sectors, and human capital investments – are features of development that are incompatible with the idea of Malthusian stagnation. READ MORE

7. 5. Environmental effects of economywide policies : case studies of Costa Rica and Sri Lanka

   Author : Annika Haksar; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Traditional approaches to modeling environmental resources withinsecure or illdefined property rights are based on partial equilibrium models. This dissertation takes the view that since insecure tenure arrangements may be difficult to remedy, effects of national and sectoral policies should be analyzed in a general equilibrium framework in order to take unintended side effects on the the utilization of environmental resources into account. READ MORE