Search for dissertations about: "wage penalty"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words wage penalty.

2. 1. Mind the Gap : Essays on Explanations of Gender Wage Inequality

   Author : Charlotta Magnusson; Michael Tåhlin; Charlotta Stern; Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender wage gap; labour market; occupational prestige; devaluation theory; work-family balance; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   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

4. 2. Employment in New Firms : Mobility and Labour Market Outcomes

   Author : Gulzat Zhetibaeva Elvung; Kristina Nyström; Guido Buenstrof; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firms; labour market entrants; wage penalty; job switchers; employment; long-term employment; stepping stone hypothesis; entrepreneurship; self-employment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the role of new firms in the labour market and uses Swedish data to analyze labour mobility in new firms, including both transitions of workers into and from new firms. In particular, it focuses on employees’ wages in new firms and post-new firm employment labour market outcomes as transitions into long-term employment and entrepreneurship. READ MORE

5. 3. Job Search Strategies and Wage Effects for Immigrants

   Author : Åsa Olli Segendorf; Eskil Wadensjö; Dan-Olof Rooth; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Job search methods; immigrants; social networks; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Recruiting Through Networks - Wage Premiums and Rewards to RecommendersThis paper examines the firm's use of recommenders in its recruiting process. In the model, recommenders possess personal information about the worker's ability and about the workplace. READ MORE

6. 4. Sickness Absence and Labour Market Outcomes

   Author : Patrik Hesselius; Bertil Holmlund; Maarten Lindeboom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Labour economics; Health economics; Sickness absence; Unemployment; Wages; Spousal retirement; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay I examines whether a worker’s sickness absence behaviour influences the risk of becoming unemployed. Swedish panel data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and the duration of sick leaves and subsequent unemployment. READ MORE

7. 5. What's Sex Got to Do with It? Women and Men in European Labour Markets

   Author : Karin Halldén; Michael Tåhlin; Magnus Nermo; Donald Tomaskovic-Devey; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender inequality; labour market; country comparisons; skills; work-family balance; part-time; maternity parental leave; childcare; family policy; Sweden; Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical studies on women and men in European labour markets. Study I examines effects of the sex of the immediate supervisor on the time men and women spend in initial on-the-job training (OJT) in Sweden. READ MORE