Essays about: "labour market tightness"

Found 4 essays containing the words labour market tightness.

  1. 1. Beyond the Headlines: Swedish Inflation and Labour Market Tightness During 2020-2022

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jonas Isak Alveteg; Alexander Manieri; [2023]
    Keywords : Inflation; Labour Market Tightness;

    Abstract : This thesis explores Swedish inflation and labour market tightness during 2020-2022. We decompose headline inflation into core inflation, captured by the weighted median inflation, and headline shocks. We use the modified Phillips curve as presented in Ball et al. READ MORE

  3. 2. Wage Adjustment and Wage Rigidity: Industrial Empirical Analysis of Swedish Economy

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jiechao Sheng; [2022]
    Keywords : wage rigidity; labour productivity; labour market tightness; vacancies; productivity shock;

    Abstract : The main goal of this article is to estimate how the aggregate wage level is determined by the labour productivity and labour market tightness, as well as how the wage is adjusted, at industry level. I collect monthly data from ten industries in Sweden over 2019-2021, and I use an ordinary-least- square method to set up the regression. READ MORE

  4. 3. What can be learned from the Maple Leaf? : A comparative study between Sweden and Canada regarding perceived institutional discrimination of minority groups and their views on the labor market.

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Walian; Ruben Christensen; [2013]
    Keywords : labor market; institutional discrimination; minority groups; cultural tightness; Canada; Sweden; arbetsmarknad; institutionaliserad diskriminering; minoritetsgrupper; kultur; Kanada; Sverige;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate whether perceived institutional discrimination among job seekers within minority groups in Sweden is higher than in Canada. Perceived institutional discrimination is argued to be determined by cultural differences, more specifically, cultural Tight-Looseness and perceived everyday discrimination. READ MORE

  5. 4. Business Cycle Dependent Unemployment Insurance - A Simulation on the Swedish Labour Market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Markus Andersson; Patrik Stäck; [2011]
    Keywords : business cycle dependent unemployment insurance; incentives; labour economics; recursive methods; search e ort;

    Abstract : This thesis answers the question whether a business cycle dependent unemployment insurance would improve the welfare compared to the current Swedish system. Using recursive macroeconomics three di erent unemployment insurance programs are simulated. The simulation uses business cycle data from Sweden as a proxy for the labour market tightness. READ MORE