Sökning: "Labor market imperfections"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Labor market imperfections.

  1. 1. Risk, Time and Land Management under Market Imperfections: Applications to Ethiopia

    Författare :Mahmud Yesuf; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; land degradation; market imperfections; transaction costs; soil conservation; fertilizer adoption; risk preference; time preference; experimental studies; Ethiopia;

    Sammanfattning : This Ph.D. thesis addresses both theoretical and empirical issues pertaining to land management decisions of farm households in developing countries working under an imperfect market and institutional setting (with case studies from Ethiopia). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on the Skill Premium

    Författare :Klas Sandén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wage Inequality; Skill Premium; Human Capital; Occupational Choice; Cooperatives; Contracting Out; Outsourcing; Fragmentation; Technological Change; Market Power; Monopolistic Competition; Innovation; Risk; Uncertainty;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of three separate essays about wage inequality in industrialized countries. In the first essay, it is shown that an increased supply of high-skill workers can increase the wage rate and increase the relative wage of high-skill workers. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays in Institutional and Development Economics

    Författare :Heather Congdon Fors; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutions; property rights; resource rents; rent seeking; child labor;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1: "Congo: The Prize of Predation" Abstract: The article analyzes the war against Mobutu (1996-97) and the more recent war (1998- ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with particular attention to greed and grievance as motivating factors in these two wars. Whereas the authors' usage of the term "greed" simply reflects the desire to gain control of natural resource rents, they model "grievance" as deliberate institutional differences, implemented by the ruler, between the formal and informal sectors. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on restructuring and production decisions in multi-plant firms

    Författare :Katarina Hakkala; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. The common theme of the essays is the behavior of multi-plant firms. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Five essays on forest raw materials use in an international perspective

    Författare :Mats Nilsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of an introduction and five self-contained studies analyzing different aspects of roundwood markets. Geographically it is focused on Sweden (paper 1-3) and Russia (paper 4-5). Four of the papers (1-2, 4-5) are explicitly considering international trade and its effects and possibilities in the domestic markets. LÄS MER