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1. 1. Do changes in payroll taxes incur asymmetric effects on salaries and employment for youth in Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Jimmy Sandgren; [2023-06-29]
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   Abstract : This thesis evaluates what effects, and if they are asymmetric, consecutive changes to the payroll tax policy in Sweden has on the intended population, individuals under the age of 26. This analysis is done by using yearly aggregated data from Statistics Sweden which includes a large proportion of the workforce in Sweden from 2004 until 2020. READ MORE

3. 2. THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZED CRIME ON DECENT JOBS FOR YOUTH. Evidence from Italy

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Federica Bianchi; [2023-06-20]
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   Abstract : Young people face enormous difficulties in finding decent jobs both in developed and developing countries. The estimates indicate that 68 million young people globally are looking for a job; 123 million are working but living in poverty; and 270 million are not in employment, education, or training (NEET). READ MORE

4. 3. Unionism and Income An analysis of the Right to work laws on wage dispersion in the United States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Karl Palmgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Right-to-work; Right to work; wage dispersion; Difference in Difference; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the effect of introducing Right-to-work laws on wages and the dispersion of wages in the United States, using a staggered Difference in Difference model pioneered by Callaway & Sant’Anna (2021) on wages and individual wage quantiles. Introducing Right-to-work laws appear to have a generally positive effect on wages and wage dispersion for all wages. READ MORE

5. 4. How union members’ position in the wage distribution affects income inequality in Germany : An empirical analysis of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Philipp Schönfeld; [2023]
   Keywords : Income inequality; Unions; Redistributive Preferences; Power Resource Theory; GSOEP;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the effect of union members’ position in the wage distribution on income inequality in Germany between 1998 and 2019. Specifically, data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are analyzed on two levels. READ MORE

6. 5. 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