Search for dissertations about: "real wages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words real wages.

2. 1. Real Effects of Monetary Regimes

   Author : Anna Larsson; Lars Calmfors; Alberto Dalmazzo; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary Regimes; Unions; Fiscal Policy; Inflation Targeting; Real Exchange Rate; Wage Setting; Unemployment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on the real effects of monetary regimes.“Monetary Regimes, Labour Mobility and Equilibrium Employment” analyses the impact of the monetary regime on labour markets in a small open economy by considering the game between large wage setters and the central bank in a model with labour mobility between sectors. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Wage and Price Formation in Sweden

   Author : Kent Friberg; Eskil Wadensjö; Henry Ohlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; wages; prices; sectoral wage linkages; real wage determination; vector error correction models; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Study IReal Wage Determination in the Swedish Engineering IndustryThis study uses the monopoly union model to examine the determination of real wages and in particular the effects of active labour market programmes (ALMPs) on real wages in the engineering industry. Quarterly data for the period 1970:1 to 1996:4 are used in a cointegration framework, utilising the Johansen's maximum likelihood procedure. READ MORE

5. 3. Aspiring to a higher rank: Swedish factor prices and productivity in international perspective, 1860-1950

   Author : Svante Prado; Göteborgs universitet; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
   Keywords : convergence; comparative productivity; TFP; factor prices; real wages; employment; land prices; industrialisation; GPT; GDP; economic growth; Swedish historical national accounts; manufacturing; labour productivity;

   Abstract : This dissertation consists of four chapters which expand on the Swedish economic development in an international perspective between 1860 and 1950. The overarching theme is how the Swedish rise, from backwardness to prosperity, is best understood. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on macroeconomic fluctuations and nominal wage rigidity

   Author : Åsa Johansson; Steinar Holden; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Labour market; Monetary policy; Wage determination; Wages; Monetary policy; Löner; Sysselsättning; Penningpolitik; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays on labor market and monetary policy.The essay ”The Interaction Between Labor Market Policy and Monetary Policy: An Analysis of Time Inconsistency Problems” studies the interaction between time inconsistency problems in labor market policy and monetary policy. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Globalization and Occupational Wages

   Author : Farzana Munshi; Göteborgs universitet; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Globalization: openness to trade: openness to capital; foreign direct investment; offshoring; service trade; occupational wage; wage gap; wage inequality; developed countries; developing countries; Bangladesh; time series analysis; panel data; dynamic model;

   Abstract : This thesis evaluates empirically how globalization has affected occupational wages in both developing and developed countries. Three aspects of globalization – openness to trade, openness to capital and offshore-outsourcing – are examined in four self-contained essays. READ MORE