Search for dissertations about: "gender wage gap"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words gender wage gap.

  2. 11. Disentangling sex segregation : Studies on the roots and routes of labour market sex segregation

    Author : Johanna Kumlin; Jan O. Jonsson; Gunn E. Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sex segregation; gender wage gap; sex inequality; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The present dissertation consists of four studies. The first study serves as a descriptive background to the following three self-contained but interrelated empirical studies. The joint theme is horizontal labour market sex segregation. READ MORE

  4. 12. Wages and Their Impact on Individuals, Households and Firms

    Author : Anna Thoresson; Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Ana Rute Cardoso; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wages; wage inequality; firms; competition; immigrant-native earnings gaps; career opportunities; teacher labor markets; household behavior; gender gaps; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: This paper studies how wages respond to employer concentration. It exploits a reform that deregulated the Swedish pharmacy market, which until 2009 was a monopoly. The reform involved a substantial increase in the number of employers on the pharmacy labor market. READ MORE

  5. 13. The effects of markets, managers and peers on worker outcomes

    Author : Lena Hensvik; Oskar Nordström Skans; Olof Åslund; Erling Barth; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Markets; Wages; School competition; Managers; Co-Workers; Fertility; Gender; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: This essay exploits the entry of private independent high schools in Sweden to examine how local school competition affects the wages and the mobility of teachers in a market with individual wage bargaining. Using rich matched employer-employee panel data covering all high school teachers over a period of 16 years, I show that the entry of private schools is associated with higher teacher salaries, including higher salaries for teachers in public schools. READ MORE

  6. 14. Essays on Men's Preferences and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market

    Author : Anna Linderoth; Mårten Palme; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor economics; Public economics; Reference dependence; Gender segregation; Parental leave; Quotas; Social interaction; Tipping; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Reference Points for Men’s Parental Leave-Taking Behavior:Evidence from Swedish ReformsThis paper tests the hypothesis of reference dependence in men's parental leave takeup. Using register data, I leverage two reforms introducing earmarked provision for fathers. READ MORE

  7. 15. Essays in Development, Institutions and Gender

    Author : Johanna Rickne; Bertil Holmlund; Lina Song; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. In the first essay, me and Johan Lyhagen develop a test of economic convergence or divergence using time series methods. The usefulness of the method is illustrated in an analysis of the growth pattern between Chinese regions in 1952-2007. READ MORE