Essays about: "Wage bargaining"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Wage bargaining.

  1. 1. The Ulleråker Hospitalum : A Case Study in the Wage Development of the Medical Sector 1890-1920

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel W Christensen; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic History; History of Medicine; Medical Sector; Asylum History; Ulleråker; Ulleråker Hospitalum;

    Abstract : This essay presents a case study about the development of income levels in the medical sector during Sweden´s period of modernization, 1890-1920, focusing specifically on the five wage groups which comprised the medical staff at Uppsala´s Ulleråker hospitalum (=mental asylum). This institution, though different in it´s stated mission from hospitals and the like, was similarily organized, and staffed with employees belonging to the same categories as regular hospital staff - they shared similar social backgrounds, education levels, work tasks and conditions. 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. To What Extent Does Employment Protection Legislation Impact the In-work Poverty of Non-EU Born Workers?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Cyrille Francisco Conceicao; [2020]
    Keywords : In-work poverty; Employment Protection Legislation; Migrants; Insiders-Outsiders; Precarious Employment; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Labour market integration of migrants is key for inclusive societies. Employment protection Legislation (EPL) provides the institutional foundations to facilitate such integration. While the effect of EPL on migrant’s employment is well studied, migrant’s in-work poverty has been relatively overlooked by the academic literature. READ MORE

  5. 4. Do athletes' individual salaries depend on the performance of their peers? Prototype heuristic in wage bargaining in the NBA

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Marian Schwinner; [2017]
    Keywords : Prototype heuristic; Wage bargaining; NBA; Behavioral Economics of Organization; Prototype wage;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the link between relative market value of representative subsets of athletes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and individual wages. NBA athletes are categorized with respect to multiple performance characteristics utilizing the k-means algorithm to cluster observations and a group's market value is calculated by averaging real annual salaries. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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