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  1. 1. Who fills the income protection gap? : An empirical analysis of the development of complementary unemployment insurance in Sweden  

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Meiton; [2023]
    Keywords : unemployment insurance; unemployment risk; income protection; occupational welfare; Sweden; social policy analysis.;

    Abstract : The Swedish welfare state is often conceived as a universal and encompassing welfare state. However, research has shown significant contractions of coverage and benefit levels in several Swedish welfare programs in the last 20 years. One such program is the unemployment insurance. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Ulleråker Hospitalum : A Case Study in the Wage Development of the Medical Sector 1890-1920

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel W Christensen; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic History; History of Medicine; Medical Sector; Asylum History; Ulleråker; Ulleråker Hospitalum;

    Abstract : This essay presents a case study about the development of income levels in the medical sector during Sweden´s period of modernization, 1890-1920, focusing specifically on the five wage groups which comprised the medical staff at Uppsala´s Ulleråker hospitalum (=mental asylum). This institution, though different in it´s stated mission from hospitals and the like, was similarily organized, and staffed with employees belonging to the same categories as regular hospital staff - they shared similar social backgrounds, education levels, work tasks and conditions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Destruction or Protection? A discursive institutionalist study of the ideas behind the different responses to the Minimum wage directive in Sweden and Finland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Niklas Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; Finland; Minimum wage directive; Discursive institutionalism; ideas; discourse; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study seeks to understand and explain why Sweden and Finland voted differently in the Council of the European Union on the proposal of a minimum wage directive. The two countries share a labor market system, based in collective bargaining and important roles for trade unions and employer organizations, without a legally set minimum wage. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reconstructing The Reconstructions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Leo Jidah; Elias Lundberg; [2023]
    Keywords : insolvency; corporate reconstruction; corporate reorganization; wage guarantee; bankruptcy administrators;

    Abstract : This paper investigates how effective the implementation of the new law on corporate reconstruction in Sweden has been. The law came into effect on the 1st of August, on request from an EU directive in 2019. READ MORE

  6. 5. Scope of Labour Law, Negative Freedom of Association and Minimum Wage Setting - Comparing Japan and EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Yuzuka Arai; [2023]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay compares the labour law regulations in Japan and EU/Sweden. The focus of the paper is the definition of workers, negative freedom of association, and minimum wage settings. READ MORE