Sökning: "Hours of labor"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 46 avhandlingar innehållade orden Hours of labor.
1. Essays on Labor Economics : The Role of Government in Labor Supply Choices
Sammanfattning : "Right to Work Full-time" Policies and Involuntary Part-time EmploymentThis paper investigates the effect of right to full-time policies implemented to decrease involuntary part-time work for public care workers employed by Swedish municipalities. Taking advantage of a staggered decision process, these policies are evaluated using a difference-in-differences approach. LÄS MER
2. Facets of Gender : Analyses of the Family and the Labour Market
Sammanfattning : This thesis contains four different studies on the dynamics of gender in households and workplaces. The relationship between family life and work life is in focus, particularly in the paper on labour market outcomes after divorce.In the introductory chapter, the Swedish context is briefly described. LÄS MER
3. Empty Labor : Subjectivity and Idleness at Work
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about how and why employees spend large proportions of their working hours on empty labor, i.e. private activities on the job. It is written against the backdrop of a highly debated subject within critical theory, namely the possibility of individuals resisting taken-for-granted power asymmetries. LÄS MER
4. Empirical Essays on Wage Setting and Immigrant Labor Market Opportunities
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.Essay 1: This essay estimates wage assimilation among non-western immigrants in Sweden, controlling for selection into employment by including individual fixed effects. LÄS MER
5. Management of late term pregnancy
Sammanfattning : Background: The optimal time point to intervene and induce labour in women with a low-risk pregnancy, in order to decrease perinatal adverse outcome, is up for debate. Some advocate for induction of labour (IOL) at 41 gestational weeks (GW) and others for expectant management (EM) until 42 GW. LÄS MER