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1. 1. Did the earned income tax credit affect women’s labour supply in Sweden?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Hyrije Hasani; Marija Kamath; [2019]
   Keywords : Women’s labour supply; Earned Income Tax Credit EITC ; Neoclassical model of labour-leisure choice; Difference-in-Differences DiD ;

   Abstract : Women’s labour supply in Sweden, even if it is high in comparison to other countries, is still lower than men’s. Did the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reform in 2007 affect women’s labour supply? It is difficult to estimate the effects of the EITC, mainly because everybody in Sweden was treated simultaneously, and because the Great Recession hit at the same time. READ MORE

3. 2. Does the onset of type 1 diabetes in young adults imply increased sickness absence? Results from a Swedish longitudinal study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jennifer Eriksson; [2008]
   Keywords : Sickness absence; Type 1 Diabetes; Hurdle model; The health capital model; The labour-leisure model; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Few studies on sickness absence, theoretical as well as empirical, in the field of economics specifically focus on the impact of chronic illness. The purpose of the present study is to fill this theoretical gap by providing a theoretical explanation of sickness absence after the onset of a specific chronic illness, namely type 1 diabetes, but also to empirically examine if sickness absence differs for type 1 diabetics and a control group. READ MORE