Search for dissertations about: "industries employment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words industries employment.

  2. 1. 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. 2. Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior

    Author : Martin Olsson; Peter Skogman Thoursie; Lars Persson; Andrea Ichino; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employment protection; private equity; spouses; labor supply; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence” An exemption in the Swedish Employment Security Act in 2001 allows employers with at most ten employees to exempt two workers from the seniority rule at times of redundancies. READ MORE

  5. 3. Toward more inclusive labor markets : A firm-level perspective on hiring outsiders

    Author : Hans Seerar Westerberg; Dan Johansson; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Per Skedinger; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor costs; minimum wage; payroll tax; employment; immigrants; unemployment; high-growth firms;

    Abstract : This thesis contains five self-contained papers on firms’ hiring decisions regarding outsiders and how these decisions interact with insiders. Outsiders are broadly defined as people with a weak labor market position, e.g., unemployed, non-Western migrants or minimum-wage workers. READ MORE

  6. 4. Understanding Firm Behavior : The Role of Recruitments and Institutional Reforms

    Author : Anton Nyrenström Gidehag; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Dan Johansson; Niklas Rudholm; Christian Bjørnskov; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Recruitment; knowledge spillover; labor cost; labor demand; employment; immigrants; payroll tax; wages; tax evasion;

    Abstract : The topic of this thesis is firm behavior and how it is shaped by institutional changes and firms’ recruitment decisions.The first essay studies how the recruitment decisions made by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affect their subsequent productivity development. READ MORE

  7. 5. A new paradigm of industrial organization : The diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry

    Author : Leda Gitahy; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; technological paradigm; flexible production; network; employment; skills; education; Brazilian industry; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Based on the concepts of techno-economic paradigm, network and production chain, the main purpose of this dissertation is to analyse the diffusion of technological and managerial innovations in the Brazilian industry during the 1980s and the 1990s. It consists of a summary and six selected papers. READ MORE