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Age effects in Swedish local labour markets

Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002

The paper studies the effects of changes in the age structure on aggregate labour market performance using a panel of Swedish local labour markets. The methodology of Shimer (2001) is used for studying the effects of youth cohort size and is extended to include the full age distribution. The...

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The effects of working time reductions on wages, actual hours and equilibrium unemployment

Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2001

This paper extends a general equilibrium model of unemployment and working hours and evaluates the model on a 5 percent …. Furthermore, working time reductions may result in an increase in wage pressure, causing unemployment to rise. …

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Is the persistent gender gap in income and wages due to unequal family responsibilities?

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per; Lindahl, Erica - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2013

We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood. Focusing on the within-couple gap allows us to control for both observed and unobserved attributes of the spouse and to estimate both short-and long-term effects of entering...

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Åslund, Olof; Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

We show that immigrant managers are substantially more likely to hire immigrants than are native managers. The finding holds when comparing establishments in the same 5-digit industry and location, when comparing different establishments within the same firm, when analyzing establishments that...

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Inequality in crisis and recovery : revealing the divides: the case of the Republic of Korea

Forbes, Kinisha - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2011

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Inequality in crisis and recovery : revealing the divides: the case of Brazil

Forbes, Kinisha - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2011

crisis, quantitative aspects of employment, namely employment and unemployment rates, improved for women and blacks …

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Stepping-stones or dead-ends? An analysis of Swedish replacement contracts

Larsson, Laura; Lindqvist, Linus; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2005

unemployment among job-seekers. Using exact matching on labour market history and personal characteristics we find positive effects … effect of the length is found on unemployment, employment or wages. Overall, the results suggest that receiving a fixed term … contract reduces the risk of future unemployment, and that a longer contract increases the position within the workplace but …

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The differential earnings and income effects of involuntary job loss on workers with disabilities

Angelov, Nikolay; Eliason, Marcus - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

People with disabilities, both in Sweden and elsewhere, are consistently found to face considerable difficulties on the labour market. In this study we have investigated the differential impact of involuntary job loss, on earnings and income, if being disabled. Our main findings are that...

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