Search for dissertations about: "comparison wage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words comparison wage.

  2. 1. Essays on Social Comparison

    Author : Fredrik W. Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Marginal degree of positionality; relative consumption; marginal propensity to consume; self-reported current happiness; self-reported expected future happiness; relative academic performance; comparison wage; permanent income consumers; current income consumers; rule of thumb consumers; aggregation bias; sick listing; social norms;

    Abstract : Paper 1: By using hypothetical choice experiments, this paper presents evidence that individuals’ concern for relative consumption depends on their relative consumption. Individuals with consumption levels above society’s average consumption level tend to have, in general, lower concern for relative consumption. READ MORE

  4. 2. Immigrants' income and family migration

    Author : Saman Rashid; Thomas Aronssson; Björn Gustafsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Immigrant; wage earnings; labour participation; family income; family investments; intenal migration; immigrant women; family migration; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three papers studying the economic situation of immigrants in Sweden in terms of wage earnings, labor participation and family internal migration. Paper [I] (http://www.econ.umu. READ MORE

  5. 3. Education, Labour Market and Incomes for the Deaf/Hearing Impaired and the Blind/Visually Impaired

    Author : Richard Baltander; Eskil Wadensjö; Agneta Kruse; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; disability; labour market; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Return to Education for the Deaf/Hearing Impaired and the Blind/Visually Impaired, 1991-2000    Mincer-equations are estimated for the deaf/hearing impaired and the blind/visually impaired. The results show that the estimates of the coefficient for the education variable are lower than for a comparison group, and that for several years it is not statistically significant that education for the blind/visually impaired has a positive effect on labour income. READ MORE

  6. 4. Understanding Firm Behavior : The Role of Recruitments and Institutional Reforms

    Author : Anton Nyrenström Gidehag; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Dan Johansson; Niklas Rudholm; Christian Bjørnskov; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Recruitment; knowledge spillover; labor cost; labor demand; employment; immigrants; payroll tax; wages; tax evasion;

    Abstract : The topic of this thesis is firm behavior and how it is shaped by institutional changes and firms’ recruitment decisions.The first essay studies how the recruitment decisions made by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affect their subsequent productivity development. READ MORE

  7. 5. Studies in empirical microeconomics

    Author : Matias Eklöf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Essay I (with H. Sacklén) seeks to uncover the driving forces behind the seemingly irreconcilable results reported by two very influential labor supply studies, Hausman (1981) and MaCurdy, Green & Paarsch (1990). READ MORE