Essays about: "Wages"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 275 essays containing the word Wages.

  1. 11. PERFORMANCE AND REMUNERATION : A study of the pay-performance relation in Scandinavia

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Elias Högström; Viktor Olausson; [2023]
    Keywords : CEO Remuneration; Executive Compensation; Corporate Governance; Agency Theory; Pay-Performance Relation;

    Abstract : The size of the remuneration paid to CEOs is a continuously debated area in society. In times of inflation, where the real wages are decreasing at the same time as the remuneration to CEOs are increasing, the phenomenon becomes more relevant. READ MORE

  3. 12. "Three meals a day and a place to stay" : Non-waged labor, household formation and the politics of scale on organic farms in the southeastern United States

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Dean Mirabito; [2023]
    Keywords : family farm; agrarian question; self-exploitation; home; social reproduction; non-waged labor; scale; WWOOF;

    Abstract : Family farms practicing organic agriculture often struggle to make a profit. Unable to pay wages, farms are increasingly recruiting laborers who agree to work without pay, instead receiving food and accommodation. READ MORE

  4. 13. Gender Norms, Temporal Flexibility, and Talent Misallocation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Tzu-Hsi Chen; Ziyuan Wan; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender; Time Allocation; Occupational Choice; Division of Labor; Misallocation;

    Abstract : To what extent do unequal gender roles in the household affect aggregate outputs when there is temporal inflexibility in the labor market? Following Goldin (2014) and Erosa et al. (2022)'s narrative of how disproportionate rewards to long hours create a source of distortion in the labor market, we explore the aggregate effects of gender differences exacerbated by nonlinear wage structures through a static model calibrated on US labor force data. READ MORE

  5. 14. 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

  6. 15. The Contribution of Profits and Labour Costs to Inflation in Sweden in the Short and Long Run

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Celina Cataldi; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : 2022 saw a significant increase in global inflation that eroded the purchasing power of many households. Contrastingly, many firms saw an increase in profitability against public dissatisfaction. Stemming from this conflicting development, more research has attempted to test a possible association between profits and inflation. READ MORE