Essays about: "female wages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words female wages.

  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. Female Managers and the Gender Wage Gap in Sweden

    University essay from

    Author : Sabina Finnigan; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender Wage Gap; Female Managers; Female Wages; Private Sector; Sweden; Regional Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes the relation between female representation in private sector decision-making positions and the two predicted variables: the gender wage gap and the average female private-sector wage. Using regional data for Sweden’s 290 municipalities during the year 2014- 2018, OLS and panel fixed effect regression analysis is performed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Discrimination on the labor market towards immigrant women : Is there a different gender wage gap amongst immigrant women compared to natives?

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

    Author : Emina Peric; Rachel Stigh; [2022]
    Keywords : gender wage; native-immigrant wage gap; immigration; discrimination; women; labor market; wage differentials;

    Abstract : The gender inequality in the labor market has long been a discussed and studied topic, and today it is acknowledged that women are discriminated against and face disadvantages in earnings compared to men. This study aims to further investigate if immigrant women face additional earnings differentials due to their ethnicity, more specifically in the Norwegian labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Determinants of Female Labor Supply and Female Wage Form

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Rohey Jammeh; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study investigates the factors that influence female's labour supply and their wage forms. Human capital, demographic, social, and cultural factors were used to explore their impact on female labour supply and female wage form using a multinomial logistic model. READ MORE

  6. 5. Overeducation and its impact on wages in Vietnam

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anh Vu Tran; [2018-07-03]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The study uses the most recent Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in 2014 and 2016 to describe the incidence of overeducation and estimate the wage effect of educational mismatch. Overeducation is more prevalent in male than in female groups. In addition, younger workers are more likely to be overeducated than older counterparts. READ MORE