Search for dissertations about: "Wage earnings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the words Wage earnings.

  2. 1. Schooling, work experience and earnings : a study of determinants of earnings in a Third World corporate setting

    Author : Roland Duberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Comparative education; Causal analysis; Determinants of earnings; Developing nations; Earnings functions; LAMCO; Liberia; Macroeconomic theories; Path analysis; Salary wage differentials;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is: (1) to investigate determinants of earnings in a Third World corporate setting; (2) to estimate the relative importance of these determinants; (3) to compare the determinants between different sectors; and (4) to provide some evidence concerning the validity of a number of economic theories. A Third World country (Liberia) and a corporate setting (LAMCO) are described. READ MORE

  4. 2. Empirical Essays on Earnings Inequality

    Author : Magnus Gustavsson; Per-Anders Edin; Stephen P. Jenkins; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Earnings inequality; Human capital; Panel data; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I decomposes the cross-sectional variance of male annual earnings in Sweden between 1960 and 1990 into permanent and transitory components and compares the results to the U.S. evidence. READ MORE

  5. 3. An evaluation of the adult education initiative relative labor market training

    Author : Anders Stenberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Selection; adult education; wage earnings; labor market training; duration; incidence; unemployment; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three papers which evaluate the effects of the Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden relative to the vocational part of Labor Market Training (LMT). Paper [I] studies unemployment incidence and unemployment duration for participants in the AEI relative to LMT. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Learning and earning: studies on a cohort of Swedish men

    Author : Sofia Sandgren; Gunnar Eliasson; John Bishop; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business and economics; returns to education; ability bias; earnings distributions; lifetime earnings; Ekonomi; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : Earnings of Swedish Young Men: Griliches’ (1976) study on the wage premium for formal schooling in America is replicated on the Swedish Malmö Longitudinal Study, an individual data base with unusually good ability measures collected at young age. The model is tried for two years, when the men were 25 and 30 years old, respectively. READ MORE