Sökning: "labour-force participation"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden labour-force participation.

  1. 6. Essays in Empirical Labour Economics : Family Background, Gender and Earnings

    Författare :Lalaina Hirvonen; Anders Björklund; Tor Eriksson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intergenerational mobility; Assortative mating; Nonlinearity; Female labour force participation; Sex-mix composition; Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities; Education; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : All three essays in this thesis are concerned with the interrelation of family, gender and labour market outcomes. The first paper investigates family earnings mobility between parents and sons, and parents and daughters, highlighting the role of assortative mating. The results suggest that daughters are more mobile than sons. LÄS MER

  3. 7. The phase-out of the nuclear family? : empirical studies on the economics and structure of modern Swedish families

    Författare :Magdalena Norberg-Schönfeldt; Magnus Wikström; Thomas Aronsson; Katarina Nordblom; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Time allocation; labour-force participation; educational achievements; match quality; financial surprises; unemployment; divorce; family structure; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three papers on the economics and structure of Swedish families.Paper [I] examines the determinants of children’s educational achievement in Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Essays on economic outcomes of immigrants and homosexuals

    Författare :Lina) Lina (current name Aldén Andersson; Mats Hammarstedt; Bertil Holmlund; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labour supply; Labour force participation; Policy evaluation; Immigrants; Self-employment; Intergenerational transmission; Occupational choice; Earnings; Sexual orientation; Discrimination; Field experiment; Housing market; Internet.; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five essays on the economic outcomes of immigrants and homosexuals on the labour and housing market.Essay I evaluates the effect of an in-work benefit on the labour supply of single immigrant women by means of simulation. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Essays on Segregation, Gender Economics, and Self-employment

    Författare :Emma Neuman; Mats Hammarstedt; Lina Aldén; Mahmood Arai; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ability balance; Earnings; Economic outcomes; Ethnic segregation; Gender gaps; Immigrants; Jack-of-all-trades theory; Labour force participation; Native flight; Native avoidance; Occupational choice; Self-employment; Tipping behaviour.; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four empirical essays on the topics of ethnic segregation, gender economics, and self-employment.   Essay I investigates how the residential mobility of Sweden's native population contributes to ethnic segregation, by applying regression discontinuity methods. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Emancipation's dead-end roads? : Studies in the formation and development of the Hungarian model for agriculture and gender, 1956-1989

    Författare :Ildikó Asztalos Morell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Gender; Agriculture; Co-operative; Emancipation; Rural; Hungary; Welfare; Collective farming; Gender regime; Work organisation; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis explores the formation and development of agricultural production co-operativesin the context of market socialist transition. It examines how changes in the organisation ofproduction and reproduction affected gender relations. LÄS MER