Search for dissertations about: "meaning of wage labor"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning of wage labor.

  2. 1. Working for a Wage - What´s the Point? Lived Experiences of Meaningfulness and Meaninglessness in Professional and Manual Occupations

    Author : André Alvinzi; Monika Berg; Ylva Uggla; Magnus Boström; Annette Kamp; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Meaning of work; meaning of working; meaningfulness; meaninglessness; meaning of wage labor; meaningful work; meaningless work; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis explores experiences of meaningfulness and meaninglessness in wage labor, and how these work experiences relate to social and organizational factors in work situations (situational meaning). It also explores the centrality and value of wage labor in life in a broader sense (existential meaning). READ MORE

  4. 2. Education, Labor Force Participation and Changing Fertility Patterns. A Study of Women and Socioeconomic Change in Twentieth Century Sweden

    Author : Maria Stanfors; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; longitudinal analysis; time series analysis; 20th century Sweden; compatibility; division of labor; gender; structural change; fertility; Education; labor force participation; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Abstract : This book deals with women and socioeconomic change in twentieth century Sweden. The main focus is on how women’s education and labor force participation have affected fertility over time. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on discrimination in the marketplace

    Author : Luca Fumarco; Dan-Olof Rooth; Magnus Carlsson; Stefan Eriksson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability Discrimination; Field Experiment; Housing Market; Correspondence Studies; Discrimination; Hiring Discrimination; Ethnic Discrimination; Labor Market Tightness; Ranking Models; Screening Models; Relative age; Labor Markets in Sports; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis is composed of four self-contained papers and focuses on discrimination in themarket place.Essay 1: “Disability Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market – A Field Experiment onBlind Tenants. READ MORE

  6. 4. University Choice, Equality, and Academic Performance

    Author : Susanna Holzer; Mårten Palme; Håkan Locking; Per-Anders Edin; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; university enrollment; university choice; accessibility; universitycompletion; selection bias; propensity score matching; sheepskin; human capital; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays that examine issues on university attendance behavior, factorsof university completion, and the labor market value of a university diploma in Sweden. Essay [I] analyzes how the rapid expansion of higher education that increased the geographicalaccessibility to higher education in the 1990s affected university enrollment decisions amongvarious socioeconomic groups of young adults in Sweden. READ MORE