Search for dissertations about: "Tor Eriksson"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Tor Eriksson.

2. 1. Empirical Essays on Wage Setting and Immigrant Labor Market Opportunities

   Author : Tove Eliasson; Oskar Nordström Skans; Per-Anders Edin; Tor Eriksson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm sorting; mobility; wage assimilation; host country specific human capital; employer learning; self-employment; immigrant entrepreneurs; capital access; information asymmetry; minority representation; collective bargaining; turnover; hours of work; labor input; labor costs; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1: This essay estimates wage assimilation among non-western immigrants in Sweden, controlling for selection into employment by including individual fixed effects. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays in Empirical Labour Economics : Family Background, Gender and Earnings

   Author : Lalaina Hirvonen; Anders Björklund; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intergenerational mobility; Assortative mating; Nonlinearity; Female labour force participation; Sex-mix composition; Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities; Education; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : All three essays in this thesis are concerned with the interrelation of family, gender and labour market outcomes. The first paper investigates family earnings mobility between parents and sons, and parents and daughters, highlighting the role of assortative mating. The results suggest that daughters are more mobile than sons. READ MORE

5. 3. Empirical Essays on Labor-Force Participation, Matching, and Trade

   Author : Kerstin Johansson; Anders Forslund; Tor Eriksson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Economics; J08 J64 F19; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis consist of four self-contained essays.Essay I estimates the macroeconomic effect of labor market programs on labor-force participation. The results indicate that labor market programs have relatively large and positive effects on labor-force participation. READ MORE

6. 4. Gender, Ethnicity and Labor Market Disparities

   Author : Magnus Rödin; Mahmood Arai; Lena Nekby; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigration; employment; education; ethnic identity; discrimination; glass-ceiling; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Acculturation identity and employment among second and middle generation immigrants This paper explores the employment implications for individuals with a foreign background of identification to the ethnic group and to the majority culture. Results indicate that what matters for employment outcomes is an attachment to the majority culture while a strong attachment to the ethnic group is not per se detrimental for employment outcomes. READ MORE

7. 5. Studies on unemployment duration and on the gender wage gap

   Author : Anna Thoursie; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Effects of Renewable Benefit Periods and Labour Market Programmes on the Exit Rate from UnemploymentThe main question addressed in this paper concerns the incentive effects of time-restricted unemployment benefits, as manifest in a rising exit rate from unemployment to employment when the moment of benefit exhaustion approaches: are these incentive effects lost when participation in labour market programmes is at hand as a way of renewing benefit eligibility? This renewal possibility is available as part of the Swedish unemployment insurance system. A piecewise-constant, proportional competing-risks hazard model is estimated using Swedish administrative data generated during the period 1994-1997. READ MORE