Search for dissertations about: "unemployment benefits"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 60 swedish dissertations containing the words unemployment benefits.

  2. 11. Un-learning to labour? Activating the unemployed in a former industrial community

    Author : Jon Sunnerfjell; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arbetslöshet; Teknologisk arbetslöshet; Globalisering; Försörjningsstöd; Ekonomisk politik; Ekonomisk utveckling; Sociala klasser; Arbetsmarknadspolitik; Aktivitetsstöd; Unemployment; Economic policy; Manpower policy; Labor policy; Globalization; Social classes; Economic development; Economic assistance; Domestic; Technological unemployment; Sverige;

    Abstract : In the aftermath of automation and globalisation of production, the Western welfare states have come to leave industrial society behind in favour of an increasingly competitive and service-oriented economy. Nevertheless, there are many environments whose inhabitants still identify with the culture that developed in typical industrial communities. READ MORE

  4. 12. Long-term unemployment scarring and the role of labour market policies : The case of Sweden in the 1990s

    Author : Madelene Nordlund; Mattias Strandh; Per H Jensen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unemployment scarring; active labour market policy; unemployment insurance; active labour market policy programme; human capital; capability approach; business cycle; job-chances; reempolyemt income; heterogeneity; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The experience of unemployment puts individuals at risk of long-term negative scarring and the longer the unemployment spell, the greater the risk of negative scarring. In Sweden, labour market policies aim at reducing such risks in the form of unemployment benefits, active matching and active labour market policy programmes (ALMPs). READ MORE

  5. 13. Household adjustment to unemployment

    Author : Sebastian Arslanogullari; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained studies on labour economics.Is the dramatic increase in the number of social assistance (SA) recipients in Sweden during the 1990s,in part, due to an increase in the propensity to receive SA? I investigate this question in essay I andfind no evidence of a general increase in the mentioned propensity although some behaviouralchanges seem to have occurred. READ MORE

  6. 14. Studies in the dynamics of unemployment

    Author : Anders Björklund; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : From chapter 1: The point of departure for the collection of studies presented in the following is the message delivered by American economists during the beginning of the 70’s that a proper understanding of the unemployment problem requires a dynamic view of the labor market in general and unemployment in particular. The "dynamic view" should emphasize the flows into and out of unemployment. READ MORE

  7. 15. Beyond Retrenchment : Multi-Pillarization of Unemployment Benefit Provision in Sweden

    Author : Jayeon Lindellee; Socialhögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Unemployment benefit; Multi-Pillarization; Benefit-recipiency study; Ghent system; Social protection dualization; Retail sector;

    Abstract : The unemployed in Sweden today have to relate to several types of benefit schemes. Apart from the public unemployment insurance program, different workplaces are covered by different complementary benefit arrangements regulated by collective agreements between employer and union organizations. READ MORE