Search for dissertations about: "exit from unemployment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words exit from unemployment.

  2. 1. Varying unemployment experiences? : the economy and mental well-being

    Author : Mattias Strandh; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unemployment; employment; psychosocial; mental well-being; economy; employment commitment; nest-leaving; unemployment benefits;

    Abstract : From being an unemployment success story, Sweden was during the 1990s thrown into a European normality, with apparent high and persistent unemployment. This has made unemployment a central issue in the Swedish public debate as a social problem directly affecting hundreds of thousands of individuals. READ MORE

  4. 2. The unemployment process : studies of search, selection, and social mobility in the labor market

    Author : Tomas Korpi; Aage Sørensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine some particular aspects of the unemployment process, the process by which the risk of unemployment is distributed within a population. This process can be partitioned into five distinct stages; the initiation of a "negative work career", entry into unemployment, the situation during unemployment, exit from unemployment, and finally the long-term consequences of unemployment for the employment situation of the individual. READ MORE

  5. 3. Long-term unemployment scarring and the role of labour market policies : The case of Sweden in the 1990s

    Author : Madelene Nordlund; Mattias Strandh; Per H Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unemployment scarring; active labour market policy; unemployment insurance; active labour market policy programme; human capital; capability approach; business cycle; job-chances; reempolyemt income; heterogeneity; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The experience of unemployment puts individuals at risk of long-term negative scarring and the longer the unemployment spell, the greater the risk of negative scarring. In Sweden, labour market policies aim at reducing such risks in the form of unemployment benefits, active matching and active labour market policy programmes (ALMPs). READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Unemployment Duration and Programme Evaluation

    Author : Anton Nivorozhkin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transition economics; evaluation; unemployment duration; active labour market programmes;

    Abstract : The process of labour market transformation in the 1990s attracted a lot of attention from economists and policy makers. Unprecedented changes, like rapid reforms in Central and Eastern Europe and later the expansion of the European Union, require a deeper understanding of current labour-market trends. READ MORE

  7. 5. Workers, Firms and Welfare : Four Essays in Economics

    Author : Niklas Kaunitz; Markus Jäntti; Matthew Lindquist; Erik Lindqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; payroll taxes; unemployment; labor demand; firm performance; subjective well-being; cash margin; aggregation; utilitarianism; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises four chapters, in two parts. The first part examines the result of a Swedish payroll tax reduction; first from the perspective of the worker, then from that of the employer. The second half of the thesis concerns subjective well-being, both from an individual and from an aggregate viewpoint. READ MORE