Essays about: "labour productivity"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 87 essays containing the words labour productivity.

  1. 11. 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

  3. 12. Analysis of the impact of ethical leadership on working conditions in the workplace : A case study of “Holiday Club Åre” and “Ski star Åre” in Åre, Sweden

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Richmond Boakye; [2022]
    Keywords : Ethical leadership; Working conditions; labour; Holiday Club Åre; Ski Star Åre; Tourism;

    Abstract : Labour in our current dispensation can be understood by critically examining their embeddedness in their geographical spaces and their spatial connection to those geographical spaces. Meanwhile, it has been highly contested by famous economic geographers like Andrew Herod and Don Mitchell, who argues that although labour shapes their economic and political spaces, they do not do this by choice and, as such, their power to make structural changes had been overemphasised. READ MORE

  4. 13. Augmented Reality Method for Supporting Time Studies in Manual Assembly Processes

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

    Author : Sofía Domenech; [2022]
    Keywords : Industry 4.0; Labour productivity; Time Study; Augmented Reality; Assembly; Occupational Safety and Sustainability;

    Abstract : In the 21st century, the so-called fourth Industrial Revolution, productivity at work is becoming increasingly important. Companies are looking to invest in the technological pillars of Industry 4.0 in order to advance and improve their results. To this end, they are striving for greater process efficiency. READ MORE

  5. 14. Accounting for growth in Swedish agriculture 1961–2019 : a study of productivity in Swedish agriculture

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Jakob Nygårds; [2022]
    Keywords : growth accounting; TFP; agricultural productivity; USDA; trend regression models;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses long-term productivity measures in Swedish agriculture between 1961¬-2019 based on data from USDA Economic Research Service (2021). The aim is to analyse the effects from agricultural policies on Swedish agriculture before and after the Swedish EU-entrance in 1995. READ MORE

  6. 15. More money for less work – or more work for less money? : Microfinance in the context of poverty and extreme working hours in the Kenyan informal economy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Microfinance; Kenya; Labour Supply; informal economy;

    Abstract : The Sub-Saharan African informal economy is often characterised by underemployment where workers spend countless hours earning bare minimum. This study investigates the impact of microfinance participation on earnings, time spent on market work, household work and leisure among women in the informal economy in Kenya. READ MORE