Search for dissertations about: "Peter Skogman Thoursie"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Peter Skogman Thoursie.
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1. Disability and work in Sweden
Abstract : Occupational Attainment and Earnings ( the Case of the Disabled This paper offers, for the first time, estimates of the extent of unexplained wage differentials between disabled and nondisabled workers in Sweden. According to studies of wage differentials between disabled and nondisabled workers in the United States, the unexplained component accounts for almost 50 per cent of the differential between the two groups. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Labor Economics : The Role of Government in Labor Supply Choices
Abstract : "Right to Work Full-time" Policies and Involuntary Part-time EmploymentThis paper investigates the effect of right to full-time policies implemented to decrease involuntary part-time work for public care workers employed by Swedish municipalities. Taking advantage of a staggered decision process, these policies are evaluated using a difference-in-differences approach. READ MORE
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3. Impacts of Policies, Peers and Parenthood on Labor Market Outcomes
Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained papers.Paper 1 This paper analyzes the causal effect of the timing of first birth on highly educated women's career outcomes. To address the endogeneity of birth timing to labor market outcomes, I instrument the former with the occurrence of pregnancy loss before first birth. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence” An exemption in the Swedish Employment Security Act in 2001 allows employers with at most ten employees to exempt two workers from the seniority rule at times of redundancies. READ MORE
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5. 1.Incentive and spill-over effects of supplementary sickness compensation, 2. Substitution between temporary parental leave and sickness absence - Effects of an experiment with increased monitoring
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