Essays about: "Income Ceiling"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Income Ceiling.

1. 1. The Impact of the Swedish Student Financial Aid Income Ceiling - A Student Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Carolina Wretman; [2023]
   Keywords : Student Financial Aid; Sweden; CSN; Income Ceiling; Fribelopp; Students; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Swedish students obtaining student financial aid from Centrala Studiestödsnämnden (CSN) face an income ceiling of how much they can earn per half a calendar year before their aid is lowered according to a matrix. The thesis investigates how CSN’s income ceiling impacts students. READ MORE

3. 2. The Great Recession’s Impact on Gender Wage in the Top Quantiles in the US

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Noah Hjelm; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender wage gap; Discrimination; Great recession; Exogenous shock; Quantile regression; Women; Labour market; Wage differentials;

   Abstract : The gender wage gap in the labour market has long been a topic of study, highlighting the disadvantages faced by women in terms of earningscompared to men. This study aims to investigate if the Great Recession had additional impacts on women's earnings differentials. READ MORE

4. 3. The Migrant- and Gender Wage Gaps in Sweden : Evidence from a Quantile Decomposition

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Tilda Nilsson; [2021]
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   Abstract : This thesis investigates the migrant- and gender wage gaps for female immigrants in the Swedish labour market for 2005. By using Swedish microdata on income and taking advantage of decomposition methods, in particular the Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) and the Recentered Influence Function, proposed by Firpo, Fortin and Lemieux (2018), this thesis analyses the pay gaps at the mean and across the distribution. READ MORE

5. 4. Gender Inequality and Tokenism in the Organization: A case study about GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Syed Shan-E-Haider Rizvi; Matthias Buschle; [2012]
   Keywords : tokenism; gender; inequality; glaxosmithkline; pakistan;

   Abstract : This thesis aimed to explore the issue of gender inequality and tokenism in various departments of a multi-national company (GlaxoSmithKline) in a developing country (Pakistan) where most employees belong to the middle to upper classes of a patriarchal and hierarchical society. The theory of tokenism suggests that a minority group, the tokens, belonging to a largest dominant group faces certain consequences simply due to their numerical imbalance. READ MORE

6. 5. Tracing the Glass Ceiling for the Highly Educated across Professions. Evidence for Sweden 1970 – 1990.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Florencia Paz Cazzaniga; [2012]
   Keywords : Gender Discrimination; Income Distribution; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The Glass Ceiling is a proven and documented phenomenon for several countries. This paper tries to trace its existence of changing behaviour in the gender pay gap across the income distribution between the periods 1970 and 1990, and through a selection of professions for the highly educated individuals. READ MORE