Essays about: "unionization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word unionization.

  1. 1. Measuring Informal Institutions with Google Trends

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Bjoern Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Informal institutions; quality of institutions; R D; financial literacy; development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Informal institutions are believed to be especially determinant in institutional change, as argued by both old and new institutional economic theory. However, due to the complexity of quantifying them, they are rarely measured. In this study, I examine how well one can capture informal institutions by using Google Trends. READ MORE

  3. 2. A comparison of the Swedish and German wage share in manufacturing 1870 to 1913 - Exploring the role of power resources for the wage share

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Svensson; [2020]
    Keywords : Wage share; power resource; unions; wages; emigration; standard of living; inequality; structural analysis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Abstract: This thesis analyzes the distribution of profits to labor. The factor share distribution has attracted mounting attention from researchers in the last decades, as it has been identified as a central determining factor for economic inequality. However, how the factor share distribution has developed historically is debated. READ MORE

  4. 3. THE ROAD TO PROFESSIONALISM A qualitative study on the institutionalization of eSports

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Chalmet Xen; [2017-07-05]
    Keywords : institutional theory; institutional work; eSports; emergent sports;

    Abstract : ESports as an industry is a rapidly growing digital sport, with a multitude of different disciplines. While it is a vastly growing industry, it has as of yet seen limited academic attention. In this study, the development of one specific eSport is examined, namely Counter- Strike: Global Offensive. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Motherhood Wage Penalty: A Varieties of Capitalism Approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Erik Lundquist; Hanna Eklööf; [2017]
    Keywords : Varieties of Capitalism; Motherhood Wage Penalty; Gender Economics; Institutional Theory; Labor Economics;

    Abstract : This paper aims to relate the issue of the Motherhood Wage Penalty to the institutional framework "Varieties of Capitalism." Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we perform cross-national analyses on the discrepancy in wages between mothers with young children and females without children. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gender differences in job autonomy in Sweden and the United States

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kreske Ecker; [2015]
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    Abstract : This paper examines gender differences in job autonomy in the United States and Sweden. It analyzes data from the 2005 Work Orientations III module of the International Social Survey Program, using multiple linear regression analysis. READ MORE