Search for dissertations about: "wage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 242 swedish dissertations containing the word wage.

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

   Author : Kent Friberg; Eskil Wadensjö; Henry Ohlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : 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

4. 2. Roads from Unemployment : Institutional Complementarities in Product and Labor Markets

   Author : Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Torsten Svensson; Jörgen Hermansson; Lars Calmfors; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Unemployment; Wage Bargaining; Wage Coordination; Corporatism; Labor Market Institutions; Institutional Complementarities; Varieties of Capitalism; Wage Inequality; Political Economy; Path Dependence; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; statskunskap;

   Abstract : Bringing down unemployment is a top priority for governments across the industrialized world, regardless of ideological bent. What is at issue in the political debate is not if unemployment should be combatted, but by what means. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on the dynamics of wage inequality

   Author : Matthew J. Lindquist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wage differentials; Löner; Löneskillnader;

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

   Author : Åsa Johansson; Steinar Holden; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; 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. 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