Essays about: "Labor Heterogeneity"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Labor Heterogeneity.

  1. 11. Regional Variations in Female Labor Force Participation Rates in Sweden, 1870-1950

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hanne Clivemo; [2017]
    Keywords : Female labor force participation; industrialization; economic growth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The recent success story of gender equality in Sweden puts a shadow over the circumstances during Swedish industrialization when women both lost and won important positions in the economy and in society. Female labor force participation rates developed differently around the Swedish regions between 1870 and 1950 and regional heterogeneity can explain some of the variations where higher urbanization, economic growth and female relative wages had a positive impact on female labor force participation. READ MORE

  3. 12. Heterogeneous Optimality of Lifetime Consumption and Asset Allocation : Growing Old in Sweden

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Jessica Radeschnig; [2017]
    Keywords : Finite Horizon Stochastic Dynamic Programming; Swedish Pensions; Law of Large Numbers; Spline Interpolation; Dynamic Programming Practical Manual;

    Abstract : This thesis covers a utility optimizing model designed and calibrated for agents of the Swedish economy. The main ingredient providing for this specific country is the modeling of the pension accumulation and pension benefits, which closely mimics the Swedish system. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Adult Education Initiative and Cognitive Skills: Long-Term Evidence

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Arvid Hedlund; Hannes Skugghall; [2016]
    Keywords : Skills; Adult Education; PIAAC;

    Abstract : We investigate the relationship between participation in the Adult Education Initiative (AEI) and cognitive skills. Using propensity score matching, we find that AEI participants do not perform better than non-participants. READ MORE

  5. 14. Analysis of Savings Behavior after a Pension Reform from a PAYG to a Fully-Funded System in Asian Emerging Economies

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Marisa Basten; Lu Yu; [2016]
    Keywords : Household Saving; Pensions; Labor Heterogeneity; Ascending Altruism; Asian Emerging Economies;

    Abstract : Pension systems in Asian emerging economies are under great pressure to conduct important reforms in response to declining growth rates and population aging. Our analysis aims to investigate how a shift from a PAYG to a fully funded pension scheme influences household savings. Our analysis is focused on China, Thailand and the Philippines. READ MORE

  6. 15. Heterogeneity of U.S. Household Labor Income: Evidence from Stock Market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Zhixue Su; [2014]
    Keywords : Labor Income Process; Heterogeneity; Optimal Portfolio Choice; Beta Decile Index Portfolio; Sector Index Portfolio;

    Abstract : The thesis is aimed to have a deeper understanding of heterogeneity of household labor income process across different educational levels and industrial categories. I utilize a fixed-effect model and risk decomposition methodology to analyze the differences of risk profile of labor income innovations and the correlation between labor income process and stock portfolio returns. READ MORE