Search for dissertations about: "Unemployment compensation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Unemployment compensation.

  2. 1. Essays on temporary work agencies and the economic analysis of law

    Author : Morgan Westéus; Thomas Aronsson; Per Skedinger; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; temporary work agency; family work experience; young adults; Sweden; labour law; EU direc- tive; unemployment; unjust dismissals; negotiations; settlements; labour unions; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained papers on temporary work agenciesand the economic analysis of law.Paper [I] adds to the theoretical literature on the incentives of Temporary Work Agencies (TWAs). READ MORE

  4. 2. 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

  5. 3. Labor market segmentation and the politics of investment and compensation

    Author : Ognjen Zugic; Kåre Vernby; Johannes Lindvall; Axel Cronert; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates patterns of policy reform that relate to labor market segmentation. It does so through two interrelated research questions. READ MORE

  6. 4. The impact of social security compensation inequality on earnings distribution due to sickness and disability

    Author : Jahangir Khan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Compensations; earnings; gender; macroeconomic condition; inequality redistribution; sickness and disability insurance; social security regulations; typology.;

    Abstract : One of the main purposes of social security systems is to compensate for loss of earnings during periods of sickness and disability. Of interest is therefore the extent to which such compensation reduces earnings inequality. The aim of the thesis is two-fold. READ MORE

  7. 5. Development of income following sickness absence from the workplace or long-term unemployment, and among individuals with multiple sclerosis

    Author : Michael Wiberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge of how reduced work capacity due to morbidity is associated with subsequent individual economic outcomes and how different components of the Swedish welfare system were used to cover individual economic loss. This was investigated in four empirical studies using population-based Swedish register data for individuals in working ages in the time period 1995 to 2011. READ MORE