Search for dissertations about: "wage growth"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words wage growth.
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1. Income Redistribution, Educational Choice and Growth
Abstract : This thesis contains three theoretical essays on public economics and economics of education. They all focus on different types of redistribution of labor income between individuals and their consequences for income distribution and economic growth. READ MORE
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2. Mind the Gap : Essays on Explanations of Gender Wage Inequality
Abstract : The gender wage gap is accounted for to a substantial degree by the sex composition of occupations. The present thesis examines the mechanisms that produce this pattern. In particular, the theory of devaluation, currently the most widely accepted sociological explanation, is tested. READ MORE
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3. Empirical Essays on Wage Setting and Immigrant Labor Market Opportunities
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1: This essay estimates wage assimilation among non-western immigrants in Sweden, controlling for selection into employment by including individual fixed effects. READ MORE
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4. Essays on Regional Growth, Comparative Advantages and Foreign Direct Investments
Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays, covering four different topics. The first essay investigates the relationship between inter-firm labor mobility and regional productivity growth. Previous studies have shown that density is positively correlated with growth. READ MORE
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5. One coin - One vote : the rural political power shift that pushed Sweden towards industrialization
Abstract : The Causal Effect of Political Power on the Provision of Public Education: Evidence from a Weighted Voting SystemWe estimate how political power affects the provision of public education in local governments, using data from a nondemocratic society where voters received votes in proportion to their taxable income. This was the system used in Swedish local governments during the period 1862–1909. READ MORE