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6. Perspectives on human capital : economic growth, occupational choice and intergenerational mobility
Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of three essays, taking different perspectives on human capital. The first essay looks at human capital from a growth perspective. Essays two and three focuses on the individual’s occupational decision and its relation to family background. LÄS MER
7. Workers and Occupations in a Changing Labour Market : The Heterogeneous Effects of Mass Layoffs and Social Safety Nets
Sammanfattning : Essay I: Sickness insurance guarantees employees the right to take leave from work when they are sick, but is vulnerable to excessive use. This paper studies which workers react to changes in monitoring by physicians in a large-scale randomised experiment. LÄS MER
8. Empirical Studies on Firm and Labor Market Dynamics
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained papers. The first paper, Sorting on Unobserved Skills into New Firms, adds to the literature on worker characteristics and post-entry firm performance by putting the unobserved quality of workers in the center of analysis. LÄS MER
9. Learning for well being : Studies using the International Adult Literacy Survey
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a collection of five independent but closely related studies. The overall purpose is to approach the analysis of learning outcomes from a perspective that combines three major elements, namely lifelonglifewide learning, human capital, and the benefits of learning. LÄS MER
10. How Immigrants Invent : Evidence from Sweden
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the inventive performance of immigrants in Sweden based on a special database which links inventors to the general population of the country from 1985 to 2007. It shows that the inventive performance of immigrants is influenced by immigrants’ age at migration, region of origin, educational level, match between education and occupation and migration policy. LÄS MER