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For whose sake do couples relocate? Gender, career opportunities and couples’ internal migration in Sweden
Brandén, Maria; Ström, Sara - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
affect couples’ geographical mobility and are interested in if their effect varies by gender. The dimensions are geographical … of their occupations. In particular the effect from wage compression in occupations seems to be dependent on gender, with … more to the man's career possibilities than the woman’s, even when we adjust for the underlying gender differences in …
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Technology, institutions and allocation of time in Swedish households 1920-1990
Svensson, Lars - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008
The modernisation of Swedish households during the twentieth century prompted a considerable productivity growth in household production, which reduced the time input for a fixed volume of routine household work by about 35 per cent 1920-1990. Much of that time was gradually transferred to the...
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Are boys discriminated in Swedish high schools?
Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn; Höglin, Erik; Johannesson, … - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2010
Girls typically have higher grades than boys in school and recent research suggests that part of this gender difference …
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Trading off or having it all? Completed fertility and mid-career earnings of Swedish men and women
Boschini, Anne; Håkanson, Christina; Rosén, Åsa; … - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
Earnings in mid-career and children are two fundamental outcomes of the life-choices of men and women. Both require time and other resources and reflect the accumulated priorities of individuals and couples. We explore how these outcomes have changed for Swedish men and women born 1945-1962 by...
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Examination behavior – Gender differences in preferences?
Nekby, Lena; Skogman Thoursie, Peter; Vahtrik, Lars - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2013
A unique examination strategy in first year microeconomics courses is used to test for gender differences in …
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Workplace size and sickness absence transitions
Lindgren, Karl-Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012
This study examines how workplace size relates to transitions in- and out-of sickness absence. Overall, the study finds important differences in the long-term sickness absence behavior of individuals working in small and large workplaces. In particular, the results show that the sickness spells...
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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 working time reduction for shift workers in Sweden. Panel data from firms' payroll records are used to examine the relationship between standard hours, actual hours and hourly...
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Labour supply responses to paid parental leave
Karimi, Arizo; Lindahl, Erica; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012
Women account for the majority of parental leave take-up, which is likely one of the major reasons for the gender gap … in income and wages. Consequently, many countries exert effort to promote a more gender equal division of parental leave …. Indeed, the last decades have seen an increase in fathers’ take-up of parental leave benefits, but the gender earnings gap …
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Economic conditions at the time of birth and cognitive abilities late in life: evidence from eleven European countries
Doblhammer, Gabriele; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Fritze, … - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
With ageing populations and a stronger reliance on individual financial decision-making concerning asset portfolios, retirement schemes, pensions and insurances, it becomes increasingly important to understand the determinants of cognitive ability among the elderly. To study effects of the...
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The effect of education policy on crime: an intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the...
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