Sökning: "Earnings functions"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden Earnings functions.

  1. 1. Schooling, work experience and earnings : a study of determinants of earnings in a Third World corporate setting

    Författare :Roland Duberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Comparative education; Causal analysis; Determinants of earnings; Developing nations; Earnings functions; LAMCO; Liberia; Macroeconomic theories; Path analysis; Salary wage differentials;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is: (1) to investigate determinants of earnings in a Third World corporate setting; (2) to estimate the relative importance of these determinants; (3) to compare the determinants between different sectors; and (4) to provide some evidence concerning the validity of a number of economic theories. A Third World country (Liberia) and a corporate setting (LAMCO) are described. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Studying earnings trajectories as functional outcomes

    Författare :Kreske Ecker; Xavier de Luna; Lina Schelin; Jose Peña; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; functional data analysis; causal inference; earnings trajectories; simultaneous confidence bands; missing data; Statistics; statistik;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, we present methods for studying patterns of income accumulation over time using functional data analysis. This is made possible by the availability of large-scale longitudinal register data in Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on Earnings and Human Capital in Kenya

    Författare :Anthony Wambugu; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Human capital; Earnings; Family background; Employment; Household; Activity farming; Own business; Informal sector; Kenya;

    Sammanfattning : Among Sub-Sahara Africa countries, Kenya has had a rapid educational expansion. This dissertation provides empirical analyses of the impact of education on labor earnings in Kenya, based on surveys of manufacturing firms and a survey of households in the 1990s. It consists of four papers. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Essays on Income Taxation

    Författare :Dingquan Miao; Spencer Bastani; Thomas Giebe; Jukka Pirttilä; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Optimal income taxation; tagging; immigrants; numerical simulation; earnings supply; skill distributions.; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the study of income taxation. It consists of three self- contained papers.The first paper, Should Natives and Immigrants Face Different Income Tax Schedules, computes how optimal income tax schedules optimally should be differentiated between immigrants and natives. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Two Essays in Public Economics

    Författare :Dingquan Miao; Spencer Bastani; Thomas Giebe; Tomas Sjögren; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of two self-contained essays. Essay I. I compute how optimal income tax schedules optimally should be differentiated between immigrants and natives. I use a calibrated optimal tax model with heterogeneous labor supply elasticities across and within groups and employ Utilitarian and Rawlsian social welfare functions. LÄS MER