Search for dissertations about: "demand of labor in sector"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words demand of labor in sector.

  2. 1. Essays on Offshoring, Labor Demand and Hypothetical Bias in Choice Experiments

    Author : Selen Savsin; Patrik Karpaty; Lars Hultkrantz; Linda Andersson; Jonas Nordström; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Offshoring; Inshoring; Firm-level Data; Relative Labor Demand; Stated Choice Experiments; Hypothetical Bias; Referencing; Certainty Calibration; Value of Time;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four papers on offshoring, labor demand and hypothetical bias in travel-time stated choice experiments. They are summarized as follows. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on energy efficiency, environmental regulation and labor demand in Swedish industry

    Author : Golnaz Amjadi; Lars Persson; Tommy Lundgren; Luis Orea; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Energy efficiency improvement; rebound effect; stochastic frontier analysis; data envelopment analysis; stochastic energy demand frontier model; persistent and transient energy inefficiency; energy inefficiency; environmental expenditure and environmental investment costs; output demand elasticity; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Paper [I] Energy efficiency improvement (EEI) benefits the climate and matters for energy security. The potential emission and energy savings due to EEI may however not fully materialize due to the rebound effect. READ MORE

  5. 3. Explaining Earnings and Income Inequality in Chile

    Author : Alexis Palma; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Income Inequality; Inequality Decomposition; Chile; Labor Market; Informal Sector; Bootstrap; Quintile Regressions;

    Abstract : The focal point of all papers in this thesis is income inequality in Chile. In some of them household income is analyzed, in others monthly earnings or the wage rate are used. In the first and fourth paper a long-run analysis is done, while in the second and third I concentrate my attention only on the 1990s. READ MORE

  6. 4. Technology, Human Capital and Labor Demand

    Author : Eleni Savvidou; Bertil Holmlund; Erik Mellander; Pekka Illmakunnas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; Technology; Human Capital; Productivity; Efficiency; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Essay 1 investigates (i) possible externalities in the use of IT and (ii) IT and human capital interactions. Our empirical analysis uses a 14-industry panel for Swedish manufacturing 1986-95. READ MORE

  7. 5. Risk matters : studies in finance, trade and politics

    Author : Jonas Vlachos; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained empirical essays. In the first essays "Markets for Risk and Openness to Trade: How are They Related?" (with Helena Svaleryd), we ask if there is an empirical relationship between financial development and openness to trade. READ MORE