Essays about: "wage elasticity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words wage elasticity.

  1. 1. Labour Demand Composition and Wage Responses in a Transition to a Clean Economy : A Case Study on the EU ETS

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jeroen Boksebeld; [2023]
    Keywords : Environmental Economics; EU ETS; Labour market; Sustainable Transition; Deterministic Simulation; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effect on labour demand of a transition from an unconstrained economy featuring a ’clean’ and a ’dirty’ production method towards a fully clean economy, using a simplified General Equilibrium model. This model is calibrated to the European Union Emission Trading System (EUETS) and features a linear decline in a cap placed on the dirty production method. READ MORE

  3. 2. Earned Income Tax Credit and Wages: A Study of Swedish Panel Data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jesper Ekman; [2018]
    Keywords : EITC; Wage; Labor supply; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the introduction of an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in Sweden in 2007 may have affected pre-tax salaries. Previous research has found that the incidence of an EITC may not be entirely carried by the employees, which in some earlier research is assumed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Labour Shortages in China’s Dual-Sector Economy: Has the world’s workshop exhausted its comparative advantage – people?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elise Park; [2017]
    Keywords : Lewis Turning Point; China; Labour Shortages; Economic Development; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2004, acute labour shortages were first observed in labour-intensive export-processing sectors in China’s coastal provinces. Paired with rising wages in rural and urban areas, many economists have claimed China has reached its Lewis Turning Point of economic development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Labour Supply Decisions of Stockholm Taxicab Drivers

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Joel Wållgren; [2016]
    Keywords : Labour supply; Reference-dependence theory; Neoclassical theory; Taxicab drivers; panel data analysis;

    Abstract : In this paper, panel data on hours worked and wage rates of taxicab drivers in the city of Stockholm are used to analyse whether reference-dependent preferences play a significant role governing labour supply decisions. The results suggest that only a small fraction of wage variation (about 1/5) is unanticipated implying that reference-dependence (which is relevant only in response to unanticipated variation in the wage rate) plays a limited role determining labour supply decisions. READ MORE

  6. 5. An Empirical Investigation of Factors Affecting the Standardization of Service Pricing - A Case Study of Flexlink

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Louise Lorentzon; Oscar Johnsson; [2013-08-08]
    Keywords : Pricing; Services; PPP; IIHP; FTU; International trade; Wage; Cost of Living;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, the service sector has increased as a percentage of the economies. This paper analyzes whether service prices can be internationally standardized based on the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) theory. READ MORE