Search for dissertations about: "employment regimes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words employment regimes.

2. 1. Gender Regimes, Family Policies and Attitudes to Female Employment : A Comparison of Germany, Italy and Sweden

   Author : Eva Sundström; Stefan Svallfors; Vicki Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; gender regimes; welfare state; employment; care; citizenship; local policies; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : In this study, attitudes towards female employment and the division of labour between men and women in Germany, Italy and Sweden are explored. Using a quantitative approach, the first objective is to examine how political ideologies and welfare political models are reflected in or accompany attitudes towards female labour market participation among different groups in the three welfare states. READ MORE

4. 2. The way we conform to paid labour : Commitment to employment and organization from a comparative perspective

   Author : Carl Hult; Stefan Svallfors; Arne Kalleberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Employment Commitment; Job Satisfaction; Organizational Commitment; Person-Environment Fit; Political Values; Production Regimes; Work Rewards; Work Values; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This thesis compares work orientations in six Western countries (the USA, Great Britain, New Zealand, Germany, Norway, and Sweden), using data from the 1997 International Social Survey Program (ISSP). The main issue examined is whether different ‘production regimes’ correspond to levels and patterns of employment and organizational commitment among the working population. READ MORE

5. 3. Real Effects of Monetary Regimes

   Author : Anna Larsson; Lars Calmfors; Alberto Dalmazzo; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary Regimes; Unions; Fiscal Policy; Inflation Targeting; Real Exchange Rate; Wage Setting; Unemployment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on the real effects of monetary regimes.“Monetary Regimes, Labour Mobility and Equilibrium Employment” analyses the impact of the monetary regime on labour markets in a small open economy by considering the game between large wage setters and the central bank in a model with labour mobility between sectors. READ MORE

6. 4. Why Work? : Comparative Studies on Welfare Regimes and Individuals' Work Orientations

   Author : Ingrid Esser; Joakim Palme; Stefan Svallfors; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; welfare state; production regime; work values; attitudes to work; employment commitment; retirement preferences; multi-level analysis; comparative; institutions; work motivation; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to examine how different welfare and production regimes may have structured individuals’ work orientations into cross-national patterns by the late 1990s and early 2000s. Three different aspects of work orientations are considered in the three studies. READ MORE

7. 5. All Interventionists Now? : On the Political Economy of Active Labor Market Policy as Micro-Interventionist Multi-Tools

   Author : Axel Cronert; Joakim Palme; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Jane Gingrich; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; comparative politics; active labor market policy; economic policy; political economy; political parties; partisan politics; partisanship; institutional legacies; institutional regimes; corporatism; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : As recent decades have seen a growing interest in reforming advanced welfare states to promote employment, active labor market policy (ALMP) has emerged as a major topic of inquiry among comparative political economists. Whereas the literature to date disagrees on, and mostly downplays, the role of partisan politics in the development of ALMP, this dissertation shows that political actors systematically use ALMP programs in different ways to achieve distinct political aims. READ MORE