Essays about: "labor market shocks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words labor market shocks.

  1. 1. Unmasking the impact: Analyzing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment : A study across the 290 municipalities in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Annamária Lodňanová; Olamide Zainab Kolawole; [2023]
    Keywords : Unemployment rate; COVID-19 affected; Labor force; Swedish municipalities; Education; Disposable income; Immigrants; Economic downturn;

    Abstract : For the past years, there has been an absence of economic crisis on a global level. The unexpected COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus led to a significant disruption in economies across the globe, followed by a decrease in economic activity. The decline in economic activity caused market shocks which eventually increased unemployment. READ MORE

  3. 2. The effect of the short-time work allowance on the Swedish labor market : A study on the Swedish private sectors during the years of the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Karin Zimmerman; [2023]
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    Abstract : Short-time work is a policy tool which aims to reduce the welfare loss in an economy due to economic shocks affecting the labor market. This allows employees to reduce their working time temporarily. Prior to the pandemic, the policy was mainly used during the financial crisis in 2008-2009. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Are you in the mafia?” : Ethnic discrimination on the American labor market

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

    Author : Anes Velic; [2023]
    Keywords : Employment gap; earnings gap; ethnic discrimination; exogenous shocks to ethnic discrimination on the labor market; employers’ prejudice;

    Abstract : How did the Italian mafia affect honest Italian descendants on the American labor market? This is a study about how an exogenous shock to ethnic discrimination on the labor market affected a whole ethnic group. The goal with this study is to analyze how a massacre by Al Capone’s crew in 1929 affected Italian workers on the American labor market. READ MORE

  5. 4. When Work Disappears: Empirical Evidence from Sweden of Manufacturing Decline and its Effect on Marriage and Family Formation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Mika Lindgren; Sara Östros; [2022]
    Keywords : Bartik instrument; labor market shocks; import competition; marriage; fertility;

    Abstract : This thesis examines if local labor demand shocks stemming from increasing manufacturing competition from China shifts the employment status among young adults during the years 1995 to 2018, using data on Swedish municipalities. In the context of labor market uncertainties and family formation decisions, we aim to test whether changes in economic stature affects marriage, fertility and children's living circumstances in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Long-term Effect of Macro Shocks at Labor Market Entry: Evidence from Taiwan

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Yunyi Jin; [2022]
    Keywords : Recession; Long-term effect; Labor market conditions;

    Abstract : The hit of the pandemic brought out an increasing unemployment rate in the labor market. Young workers coming of age are hugely influenced when going through the school-to-work transition, an early life stage impacting future careers. READ MORE