Search for dissertations about: "labor pooling"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words labor pooling.

2. 1. Labor mobility across jobs and space

   Author : Orsa Kekezi; Charlotta Mellander; Johan Klaesson; Ulrika Andersson; Frank Neffke; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of one introductory chapter and four independent papers. Each paper looks at different aspects of labor mobility, especially focusing on the transferability of specific human capital and the role of space for job matching. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Household Behavior and Time-Use

   Author : Daniel Hallberg; Daniel S. Hamermesh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Time-use; Household behavior; Slutsky matrix; Income-pooling; Household labor supply; Child care; Family economics; Simultaneous equation system; Process benefits; Synchronous leisure; Working hours; Togetherness; Statistical matching; Aggregation bias; House price; Volume of trade; Search; Nationalekonomi; Tidsanvändning; Hushållsbeteende; Slutsky matris; Inkomstsammanslagning; Hushållets arbetsutbud; Barnomsorg; Familjeekonomi; Simultana ekvationssystem; Aktivitetsnytta; Samtidig fritid; Arbetstider; Samhörighet; Statistisk matching; Aggregeringsbias; Huspriser; Omsättningsvolym; Sökning.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Essay 1 studies the household's decision to supply labor and tests if the so-called unitary model holds. What is subject to a test is the resulting symmetry of the Slutsky matrix, i.e., that the compensated cross-wage effects are equal. READ MORE

5. 3. Marshallian sources of growth and interdependent location of Swedish firms and households

   Author : Robert Sörensson; Lars Westin; Niklas Hanes; Johan Klaesson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and knowledge spillover; MAR; Jacobs and Porter externalities; labor pooling; interdependent location choice; panel data; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three papers that examine Marshallian sources of growthand interdependent location of Swedish firms and households. Paper [I] examines the impact of static and dynamic knowledge externalitiesand their impact on Swedish market operating firms growth pattern between1997 and 2005. READ MORE

6. 4. Insuring Against Unemployment

   Author : Jonas Kolsrud; Bertil Holmlund; Erling Barth; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unemployment insurance; savings; consumption smoothing; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This paper studies optimal public unemployment insurance (UI) when workers have the possibility of topping-up public UI with private UI that is endogenous to public UI and subject to moral hazard. The issue is analyzed with a theoretical model in which publicly insured workers, who differ in layoff risk, hidden to the planner, are offered to top-up public UI with private UI. READ MORE

7. 5. Mine, yours or ours? : sharing in Swedish couples

   Author : Charlott Nyman; Björn Halleröd; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Money; Sharing; Economy; Family; Couples; Resources; Sweden; Gender equality; Sociologi; familjeekonomi; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : The topic of this thesis is the sharing of resources in families. Equal sharing has often been taken for granted by policy makers as well as researchers. However, a considerable body of research has now shown that unequal sharing can and does occur in families. READ MORE