Sökning: "Roope Uusitalo"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Roope Uusitalo.

  1. 1. Essays on School Resources, Academic Achievement and Student Employment

    Författare :Iida Häkkinen; Per-Anders Edin; Roope Uusitalo; Stephen Machin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; I2; J2; J3; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1 (with Tanja Kirjavainen and Roope Uusitalo) analyzes the effects of changes in school spending on changes in student performance. We use a large sample of matriculation examination scores of Finnish senior secondary school students from the years 1990–1998. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on Welfare Dependency and the Privatization of Welfare Services

    Författare :Kajsa Hanspers; Eva Mörk; Anders Forslund; Roope Uusitalo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1: This paper investigates whether mandatory activation programs for welfare recipients have effects on welfare participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies, we are able to capture both entry and exit effects. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Taxes, Nudges, and Conformity : Essays in Labor and Behavioral Economics

    Författare :Egebark Johan; Peter Fredriksson; Roope Uusitalo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth unemployment; Payroll tax; Self-employment tax; Tax subsidy; Labor costs; Resource conservation; Default option; Moral appeal; Social interactions; Contagion; Natural Field Experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers summarized as follows.Do Payroll Tax Cuts Raise Youth Employment? We study whether payroll tax reductions are an effective means to raise youth employment. In 2007, the Swedish employer-paid payroll tax was cut on a large scale for young workers, substantially reducing labor costs for this group. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Evaluating Institutional Changes in Education and Wage Policy

    Författare :Martin Söderström; Peter Fredriksson; Per-Anders Edin; Kjell Salvanes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Economics; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay I (written with Roope Uusitalo) studies the effects of school choice on segregation. We analyse a reform in Stockholm that changed the admission system of public upper secondary schools. LÄS MER