Essays about: "wage"

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1. 1. The Impact of Trade Openness on the Gender Wage Gap in Urban China, 2002-2013

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Zhuoyi Sun; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the impact of trade openness on the gender wage gap in urban China after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. Using data from the 2002 and 2013 China Household Income Project (CHIP), this paper uses OLS regression and instrumental variable regression, to analyze the relationship between trade openness and the gender wage gap. READ MORE

3. 2. Unionism and Income An analysis of the Right to work laws on wage dispersion in the United States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Karl Palmgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Right-to-work; Right to work; wage dispersion; Difference in Difference; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the effect of introducing Right-to-work laws on wages and the dispersion of wages in the United States, using a staggered Difference in Difference model pioneered by Callaway & Sant’Anna (2021) on wages and individual wage quantiles. Introducing Right-to-work laws appear to have a generally positive effect on wages and wage dispersion for all wages. READ MORE

4. 3. Economic determinants of OECD fertility rates : Evidence of the Easterlin hypothesis

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Nils Gyllow; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The Easterlin hypothesis of relative cohort sizes has previously been used to explain changes in the fertility rate in the mid-20th century. The hypothesis states that a small relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort increases the fertility rate, and a large relative size of the young cohort to the old cohort decreases the fertility rate. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. How union members’ position in the wage distribution affects income inequality in Germany : An empirical analysis of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Philipp Schönfeld; [2023]
   Keywords : Income inequality; Unions; Redistributive Preferences; Power Resource Theory; GSOEP;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the effect of union members’ position in the wage distribution on income inequality in Germany between 1998 and 2019. Specifically, data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are analyzed on two levels. READ MORE