Search for dissertations about: "gender wage gap"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words gender wage gap.

  2. 16. What's Sex Got to Do with It? Women and Men in European Labour Markets

    Author : Karin Halldén; Michael Tåhlin; Magnus Nermo; Donald Tomaskovic-Devey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender inequality; labour market; country comparisons; skills; work-family balance; part-time; maternity parental leave; childcare; family policy; Sweden; Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical studies on women and men in European labour markets. Study I examines effects of the sex of the immediate supervisor on the time men and women spend in initial on-the-job training (OJT) in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays on discrimination, welfare and labor supply

    Author : Roger Wahlberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender Wage Gap; Endogenous Schooling; Panel Data; Occupational Segregation; Labor;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers in applied labor economics. The first two papers are related to wage discrimination between males and females, whereas the next two papers are related to labor supply and welfare participation, while the last paper analysis early retirement in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 18. Wages and unemployment of immigrants and natives in Sweden

    Author : Roger Vilhelmsson; Claes Wihlborg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrants pay; Sweden; Immigrants labour market; Arbetslöshet; Sverige; Invandrare; Löneskillnader; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Ethnic Di®erences in the Swedish Youth Labor Market This paperinvestigates whether or not ethnic background a®ects labormarket success for young people in Sweden. A multinomial logit model of mutually exclusive labor market outcomes is estimated using the Swedish School Leaver Survey on young people who graduated from compulsory school in 1988. READ MORE

  6. 19. Salary determination in professional labour markets

    Author : Maria Hemström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on salary determination in professional labour markets.Essay I analyses the early labour market careers of young business administrators and economists. The data used were collected by means of a survey conducted in 1992. READ MORE

  7. 20. Essays on Family and Labor Economics

    Author : Katarina Richardson; James Albrecht; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Familjeekonomi; löneskillnader; vårdnadsfrågor; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Are Divorcing Parents Induced to Choose Joint Custody? An Evaluation Using Implementation Theory: What demands do divorcing parents make in court with respect to custody, under different legal regimes. This question is analyzed using the tools from implementation theory. READ MORE