Essays about: "labour reform"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 essays containing the words labour reform.

  1. 21. The Impact of Abortion Reforms on Female Labour Force Participation and Education in Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Nihlwing; [2019]
    Keywords : Labour Force Participation; Education; Abortion Laws; Reproductive Health; Difference-in-Differences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study examines the effects of progressive and regressive abortion reforms on women’s educational and labour market outcomes in Mexico. First trimester abortions became legal in Mexico City in 2007. Following the progressive legislative reform, 18 other Mexican states implemented more restrictive legislation on abortions. READ MORE

  3. 22. Did the earned income tax credit affect women’s labour supply in Sweden?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hyrije Hasani; Marija Kamath; [2019]
    Keywords : Women’s labour supply; Earned Income Tax Credit EITC ; Neoclassical model of labour-leisure choice; Difference-in-Differences DiD ;

    Abstract : Women’s labour supply in Sweden, even if it is high in comparison to other countries, is still lower than men’s. Did the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reform in 2007 affect women’s labour supply? It is difficult to estimate the effects of the EITC, mainly because everybody in Sweden was treated simultaneously, and because the Great Recession hit at the same time. READ MORE

  4. 23. Unemployment benefit generosity in a life-cycle model with endogenous job-serch effort

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : René Karadakic; [2018]
    Keywords : Life-cycle; unemployment insurance; job-search; effort; unemployment benefits; labour market reform;

    Abstract : Unemployment in Austria has been considerably low in the past decades compared to other European countries. Nevertheless, recent increases in the past five years started a controversial discussion about the generous unemployment insurance system in place. READ MORE

  5. 24. No agency, no sustainability : conceptualising the loss of agency and how to restore it for sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jan Peter Glock; [2017]
    Keywords : agency; unconditional basic income; neoliberalism; insecurity; structural transformation; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation demand humanity to depart from the growth imperative forming the economic structure of the world. In other words: Structural transformation is needed. READ MORE

  6. 25. ”At least they can´t buy the sun quotas” - A case study on the part played by Individual Tradable fishing Quotas in the articulation of identity narratives in Råå, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Jill Jarnsäter; [2017]
    Keywords : Swedish fishery; Individual Transferable Quotas; market-based system; identity; Råå; marketization process; social disruption; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2009, an extensive reform of the Swedish fisheries was implemented. After several decades of regulation based on the principle of fish resource as common property, fish was put in a system of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and released from the state and given to vessel owners. READ MORE