Essays about: "efficiency wages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words efficiency wages.

  1. 1. How Does a Reduction in the Marginal Tax Rate Affect Labor Supply in the Short-Term for Top-Income Earners?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Olof De Blanche; Alexandra Jonason; [2022]
    Keywords : Labor supply; Marginal Tax Rate; Progressive Taxation; Top Incomes;

    Abstract : This paper studies the labor market in Sweden after a cut in the top-income marginal tax rate, by conducting a difference-in-difference analysis on data over wages in Sweden two years after the policy change. We find large, positive and significant results on an aggregate level, but insignificant ambiguous results on an income per person level. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Analysis of Perceived Inflation in Germany

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Sarah Widder; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Prices constantly change in an economy. It can be due to inflation, seasonality or location. To process all these trends and changes can be a challenging task for an individual (Ranyard et al 2008). But a lot of economic theory assumes that consumers perceive prises correctly and base their financial decisions accordingly. READ MORE

  4. 3. UK post-Brexit; The Service Economy Fallacy

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Thanh Huong Le; Malin Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : service economy fallacy; Brexit; UK;

    Abstract : In June 2016, UK chose to terminate the EU membership. The negotiation period for the exit (Brexit) has started at a time the UK economy has become increasingly dependent on the service sector as the main engine of job generation and a source of export demand. READ MORE

  5. 4. ”…economically and socially. And confidence and decision-making. Everything that we could not do before.” : A Minor Field Study on Fair Trade in India and Sri Lanka

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Julia Bardh; Emma Carlsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Fair Trade; India; Sri Lanka; empowerment; sustainable development; Fair Trade; Indien; Sri Lanka; empowerment; hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Fair Trade is an international movement which aims to strengthen the livelihoods of producers in the South, and to give the opportunity for conscious customers in the North to buy socially and environmentally friendly products. The conventional trade system is criticised, as well as the efficiency of aid to support developing countries. READ MORE

  6. 5. Money Illusion and the Optimal Long-Run Rate of Inflation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hannes Stiernstedt; [2011]
    Keywords : Money Illusion; Phillips curve; efficiency wages; near-rationality; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The conventional NAIRU model stipulates that any existing money illusion would vanish by the passage of time. In contrast, the model developed by Akerlof, Dickens and Perry (2000) (ADP) argues that inflation, instead of time, dissipate money illusion. Accordingly, there exists a possibility of an inflation unemployment tradeoff in the long run. READ MORE