Essays about: "Wage system in Sweden"

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  1. 1. Who fills the income protection gap? : An empirical analysis of the development of complementary unemployment insurance in Sweden  

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Meiton; [2023]
    Keywords : unemployment insurance; unemployment risk; income protection; occupational welfare; Sweden; social policy analysis.;

    Abstract : The Swedish welfare state is often conceived as a universal and encompassing welfare state. However, research has shown significant contractions of coverage and benefit levels in several Swedish welfare programs in the last 20 years. One such program is the unemployment insurance. READ MORE

  3. 2. Destruction or Protection? A discursive institutionalist study of the ideas behind the different responses to the Minimum wage directive in Sweden and Finland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Niklas Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; Finland; Minimum wage directive; Discursive institutionalism; ideas; discourse; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study seeks to understand and explain why Sweden and Finland voted differently in the Council of the European Union on the proposal of a minimum wage directive. The two countries share a labor market system, based in collective bargaining and important roles for trade unions and employer organizations, without a legally set minimum wage. READ MORE

  4. 3. Thai local brokers in the Swedish berry industry : Roles and positions across time and space

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Peter van Eerbeek; [2019]
    Keywords : migration; labour; broker; precarity; intermediaries; berry; industry; Thailand; Sweden; precarity; mobility; seasonal work; debt;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, each year 2500 - 6000 Thai go to Sweden to work as berry pickers during the berry season via a regulated system of temporary work permits. Bangkok-based staffing agencies rely on the networks of local brokers to recruit workers in Thailand’s more peripheral northeastern Isan region, as part of the larger migration industry in Thailand. READ MORE

  5. 4. Social status and networks in times of educational inflation : The returns of non-meritocratic labour market distributions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Alisia Morin; [2017]
    Keywords : education; wage level; social capital; social network; social background; meritocracy;

    Abstract : The educational system in Sweden is expanding and while some see higher education as a remedy for unemployment, others argue that credentialing of the society with diplomas will harm the competition on the labour market and the value of higher education. However, the effects of educational expansion are noticeable not only at the macro, but also at the micro level. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Effect of Commission Based Wages -A Case Study of the Real-Estate Industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Gunnarsson; Hanna Åkesson; [2014-06-24]
    Keywords : Real-estate industry; incentive systems; monetary rewards; change; institutional theory; commission and rewards.;

    Abstract : Background and problem Within the real-estate industry, commission based wages has been the tradition for a very long time. This wage system demands a person to be motivated by money. At the same time, recent studies shows that humans are not soleley motivated by money, other factors are important. READ MORE