Search for dissertations about: "transitory earnings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words transitory earnings.

2. 1. Empirical Essays on Earnings Inequality

   Author : Magnus Gustavsson; Per-Anders Edin; Stephen P. Jenkins; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Earnings inequality; Human capital; Panel data; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I decomposes the cross-sectional variance of male annual earnings in Sweden between 1960 and 1990 into permanent and transitory components and compares the results to the U.S. evidence. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on earnings formation, labor market dynamics, and taxation

   Author : Johan Holmberg; Thomas Aronsson; Gauthier Lanot; Johan Lundberg; Mette Ejrnæs; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Earnings dynamics; inequality; unemployment; social insurance; economic crises; taxation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Chapter [I] analyses the dynamic properties of life-cycle earnings of men and women in Sweden by fitting a model to the covariance structure of earnings. We find that the financial crisis of 2008 did not have any major impact on the variability of earnings and that the upward trend in permanent earnings inequality observed in Sweden during the 1990s does not continue in the 2000s. READ MORE

5. 3. On the Importance of Accounting Information for Stock Market Efficiency

   Author : Jiri Novak; Jan-Erik Gröjer; Mattias Hamberg; Mats Åkerblom; Colin Clubb; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; accounting; capital makets; efficiency; momentum; liquidity; accounting conservatism; transitory earnings; IFRS; goodwill; Sweden; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the discussion on the importance of accounting information for stock market efficiency. As any analysis of market efficiency depends on the use of adequate risk proxies, the thesis first investigates the ability of commonly used risk factors to explain the cross-sectional variation of Swedish stock returns. READ MORE

6. 4. Indirect effects of unemployment and low earnings : Crime and children's school performance

   Author : Anna Nilsson; Jonas Agell; Rudolf Winter-Ebmer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays that consider indirect effects of unemployment and low earnings on crime and children’s school performance. The first essay, Crime, unemployment and labor market programs in turbulent times (joint with Jonas Agell), investigates the effect of unemployment and participation in labor market programs, in general and among youth, on Swedish crime rates using a new panel data set for Swedish municipalities for the period 1996-2000. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Poverty, Risk and Consumption Dynamics in Ethiopia

   Author : Abebe Shimeles; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ethiopia; poverty; income distribution; policy simulations; poverty spells; vulnerability; chronic poverty; consumption risk; transitory shocks; liquidity constraints; poverty traps.;

   Abstract : Paper 1. This paper analysed the state of poverty and income distribution in rural and urban Ethiopia during 1994-2000. Poverty declined from 1994 to 1997, and then increased to 2000. READ MORE