Essays about: "Sofia Björkman"

Found 3 essays containing the words Sofia Björkman.

  1. 1. Labor market reforms and optimal unemployment insurance : Policy experiment on the Swedish labor market

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Sofia Björkman; [2023]
    Keywords : Unemployment; employment protection legislation; optimal unemployment insurance; welfare effect; Sweden.;

    Abstract : This paper examines how a reduction in EPL affects the utility of older workers, by changing the probability of re-employment as well as the risk of becoming unemployed. I generalize the Bailey-Chetty framework and make a one-period model that shows maximizing search behavior of the agent. READ MORE

  3. 2. The gender gap in the unemployment rate before and after the corona-pandemic : A comparison between Sweden and Denmark

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Mimmi Andersson; Sofia Björkman; [2022]
    Keywords : Covid-19; gender differences; labor market; unemployment rate; women; lockdown; policies; gender inequality.;

    Abstract : This paper studies the Covid-19 pandemics effect on female labor market participation in Sweden and Denmark. Previous studies have various assessments on whether women were affected to a different extent than men. Studies from the United States indicate that women have been hit harder than men as a result of the pandemic. READ MORE

  4. 3. Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica : the curious case of a water- and mosquito associated bacterium in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Sofia Cavalli-Björkman Hellström; [2013]
    Keywords : zoonosis; tularaemia; tularemia; rabbit fever; deer-fly fever; Francisella tularensis; subspecies holarctica; transmission; mosquito;

    Abstract : Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of the zoonotic disease tularaemia, is highly contagious and potentially fatal for a wide range of wildlife species of the northern hemisphere, also humans. Although recognized as a pathogen for over 100 years, much still remains to be elucidated concerning the ecology and transmission of the bacterium, hence this literature overview aims at compiling data regarding the aquatic association and the role of mosquitoes in transmission of Francisella tularensis subspecies holartica, the sole subspecies in Sweden. READ MORE