Sökning: "Female labour force participation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Female labour force participation.

1. 1. Essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply

   Författare :Lina Andersson; Mats Hammarstedt; Eskil Wadensjö; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-employment; Intergenerational transmission; Immigrants; Labour supply; Labour force participation; Policy evaluation; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This licentiate’s thesis consists of two essays on immigrant self-employment and labour supply.The first essay (co-author Mats Hammarstedt), Intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment: Evidence from three generations, reviews intergenerational transmissions in immigrant self-employment over three generations. LÄS MER

3. 2. Essays in Empirical Labour Economics : Family Background, Gender and Earnings

   Författare :Lalaina Hirvonen; Anders Björklund; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intergenerational mobility; Assortative mating; Nonlinearity; Female labour force participation; Sex-mix composition; Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities; Education; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : All three essays in this thesis are concerned with the interrelation of family, gender and labour market outcomes. The first paper investigates family earnings mobility between parents and sons, and parents and daughters, highlighting the role of assortative mating. The results suggest that daughters are more mobile than sons. LÄS MER

4. 3. Essays on Gender, Development and Political Economy

   Författare :Divya Dev; Torsten Persson; Ingvild Almås; Sascha Becker; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reservation in India; missionary activity; expatriate voter participation; Chilean presidential election; Tanzanian public sector; representation of women; female labour-force participation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : The Long-Run Impact of Protestant Missionary Activity on Female Labour-Force ParticipationResearch has shown that missionary activity, in general, and Protestant missionary activity, in particular, has had a long-lasting positive effect on literacy, education and democratic values. In this chapter, I analyse the differential effect of early 20th century Protestant and Catholic missionary activity in three former British colonies - Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - on female labour-force participation with a particular focus on formal-sector employment. LÄS MER

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

   Författare :Karin Halldén; Michael Tåhlin; Magnus Nermo; Donald Tomaskovic-Devey; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :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;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

7. 5. Individual and Family Consequences of Involuntary Job Loss

   Författare :Marcus Eliason; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job displacment; job loss; displaced workers; plant closure; linked employer-employee data; divorce; mortality; unemployment; job specific capital; added worker effect; female labour supply; family income;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the long-term consequences of involuntary job loss. It consists of four self-contained essays. Essay I: Does Job Loss Shorten Life? This paper examines whether there is a causal relationship from job displacement to mortality. LÄS MER