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The Effect of Employment Protection on Labor Productivity
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
the effect of employment protection rules on labor productivity using micro data on Swedish firms. A reform of the … the seniority rules. I exploit the reform as a natural experiment. My results indicate that increased labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261209
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Do Payroll Tax Cuts Raise Youth Employment?
Egebark, Johan; Kaunitz, Niklas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
also to existing employments, the cost of the reform was sizable, and the estimated cost per created job is at more than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818413
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and toward multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082494
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Recruitment to Sheltered Employment: Evidence from Samhall, a Swedish State-Owned Company
Skedinger, Per; Widerstedt, Barbro - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003
This paper analyses recruitment practices to Samhall, a state-owned company that provides sheltered employment for individuals with severe work disabilities. Besides providing employment for disabled workers and rehabilitating them to employment outside Samhall, the company is expected to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645317
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations.
Lindbeck, A.; Snower, D.J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670117
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On the Timing of Education
Sjögren, Anna; Saez-Marti, Maria - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2004
We propose a simple investment model which shows that, in the presence of fluctuations in and uncertainty about the opportunity cost of time, marginal individuals may choose to delay their education if the opportunity cost of time is temporarily high. Importantly, it is when the completion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645375
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Graded Children – Evidence of Longrun Consequences of School Grades from a Nationwide Reform
Sjögren, Anna - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in … 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult …. Accounting for municipal time trends and tracing out reform dynamics, there is some evidence that being graded increases girls …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468496
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Effects of Payroll Tax Cuts for Young Workers
Skedinger, Per - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
employed relatively many young workers before the first reform, with estimated effects commensurate with small behavioural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818432
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Foreign Direct Investment and Employment: Home Country Experience in the United States and Sweden
Blomström, Magnus; Fors, Gunnar; Lipsey, Robert E. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
We compare the relation between foreign affiliate production and parent employment in U.S. manufacturing multinationals with that in Swedish firms. U.S. multinationals appear to have allocated some of their more labor intensive operations selling in world markets to affiliates in developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419511
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Employment Consequences of Employment Protection Legislation
Skedinger, Per - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
This article surveys the literature and adds to the evidence on the impact of employment protection legislation on employment. While stringent employment protection contributes to less turnover and job reallocation, the effects on aggregate employment and unemployment over the business cycle are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861888