Search for dissertations about: "employment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 751 swedish dissertations containing the word employment.

2. 21. Returning to Work : geographies of Employment in Turbulent Times

   Author : Emelie Hane-Weijman; Rikard Eriksson; Urban Lindgren; Gillian Bristow; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regional resilience; adaptability; industry relatedness; labour branching; redundancy; industry mix; re-employment; industry mobility; regional mobility;

   Abstract : This thesis adds to theorizations of resilience, by placing workers and employment on the center stage. This has been addressed by contextualizing gross employment changes and workers’ way back to employment after redundancy. Swedish longitudinal microdata from 1990-2010 were used. READ MORE

4. 22. Female employment, gender roles, and attitudes : The Baltic countries in a broader context

   Author : Akvilė Motiejūnaitė; Paavo Bergman; Sven EO Hort; Gillian Pascall; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; female employment; work; gender-role attitudes; family models; breadwinner; traditionalism; social change; cross-national comparisons; Estonia; Germany; Latvia; Lithuania; Russia; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four constituent studies exploring several common themes: female participation in employment, normative assumptions regarding the proper roles of males and females, and social change. The underlying focus is gendered division of work, which is explored through the concept of family models. READ MORE

5. 23. Self-employment in Sweden: A Gender Perspective

   Author : Andreas Mångs; Dominique Anxo; Henry Ohlsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-employment; gender; motivation; time-allocation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses self-employment from a gender perspective. The data used combines survey data with register data. The survey covers various dimensions such as motivation, job satisfaction and time allocations. These are aspects that typically cannot be assessed by register data. READ MORE

6. 24. Four Essays on Self-Employment

   Author : Pernilla Andersson; Eskil Wadensjö; Magnus Lofstrom; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economics of self-employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Wage-Earners who Become Self-Employed: The Impact of Income and wages Does the relation between actual and expected income affect the decision to become self-employed? Wage-earners who receive an actual income that is different from the expected, both lower and higher, are more likely to become self-employed than wage-earners who receive an actual income close to the expected. Self-employed individuals who received a higher income than expected are more successful than other self-employed. READ MORE

7. 25. Multinationals, employment and wages : microeconomic evidence from Swedish manufacturing

   Author : Roger Bandick; Pär Hansson; Holger Görg; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign acquisitions; labor demand; matching; difference-in difference; multinational enterprises and survival analysis.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis, consisting of four essays, is to study the effects of multinationals and inward FDI on employment and wage formation in Swedish manufacturing during the 1990s. Paper [1] (co-authored with Patrik Karpaty) investigates the employment effects of foreign acquisitions in acquired firms in Swedish manufacturing during the 1990s. READ MORE