Essays about: "Labour Economics"

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  1. 21. Are Gender Board Quotas Effective? A Synthetic Control Method Analysis of the Italian Case.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Letizia Avanzini; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender board quota; labour market; inequality.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The lack of women in leadership positions in the corporate sector is widespread throughout Europe. In this thesis, I study the efficacy of the Italian Gender Board Quota law no. 120/2011 in reducing such disparity in the Italian context. READ MORE

  3. 22. Proportional income taxation and heterogeneous labour supply responses : A study of gender-based heterogeneity in extensive margin labour supply decisions in response to changes in proportional income taxation in Swedish municipalities from 1960 to 1990

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elliott Syrén; [2022]
    Keywords : Proportional income taxation; Municipal tax rates; Extensive margin labour supply; Gender-based heterogeneity; Fixed effects; Weighted least squares WLS ; Public economics;

    Abstract : This thesis is, to my knowledge, the first study utilising data from the Swedish population and housing censuses between 1960 and 1990 merged with other data from the same period in order to estimate extensive margin labour supply responses to changes in municipal tax rate changes. Given that women historically have not faced the same structural labour market preconditions as men, the empirical strategy is designed to allow for an analysis of gender-based heterogeneity in labour supply responses. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Effect of Changing Gender Roles on Fertility-An analysis of two European country groups

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Pauline Bode; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender equality; fertility; housework division; Gender revolution; gender egalitarian attitudes; demography; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to test the effect of changing gender roles on fertility. Previous literature has suggested that moving towards gender equality in the household sphere can increase fertility. I test whether a more equal division of housework or gender-egalitarian attitudes affect fertility. READ MORE

  5. 24. Age demographics and economic growth : a study of Sweden and Finland 1960-2020

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Martin Lyrvall; [2022]
    Keywords : age demographics; economic growth; dependency ratio;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the subject of age demographics and economic growth, measured in GDP per capita, in Sweden and Finland between 1960-2020. The chosen method was to compile a number of variables that aim to explain how the age demographics are affected in the two countries and was analysed using OLS-regression. READ MORE

  6. 25. The New Labour Landscape in a Post COVID-19 Society: Comparing Service-Versus Product-Oriented Organisations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gurgen Karamyan; Simon Petrus Alexander Kotton; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID - 19; Employee perception; Working remotely; Service-oriented organisations; Product-oriented organisations; New labour landscape; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The impact of COVID-19 had unprecedented effects on the international labour market. Businesses went bankrupt, employees were fired, and organisations and employees had to adapt to swiftly working remotely from the office. READ MORE