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Using Self-Employment as Proxy for Entrepreneurship : Some Empirical Caveats

Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - 2014

-employment sometimes differs diametrically depending on source. Sweden is occasionally erroneously reported to show the largest increase in …

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The Design and Effects of Collectively Agreed Minimum Wages: Evidence from Sweden

Skedinger, Per - 2007

Minimum wages in Sweden are collectively agreed and differ by industry. Within agreements, the rates are also highly … differentiated. Minimum wages are higher in Sweden than in any of the countries with statutory rates considered in this study. This … reported results for Sweden do no support the suggestion that adverse employment effects are modest in systems with …

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Effects of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment and Hours : Evidence from Sweden’s Retail Sector

Skedinger, Per - 2012

This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and hours among manual workers in the Swedish retail sector over the period 2001–05. The findings indicate that increases in real minimum wages are associated with more separations,...

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Gazelles as Job Creators - A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence

Henrekson, Magnus - 2019

It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms - so-called Gazelles - that are...

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How Wage Compression Affects Job Turnover

Heyman, Fredrik - 2008

I use Swedish establishment-level panel data to test Bertola and Rogerson's (1997) hypothesis of a positive relation between the degree of wage compression and job reallocation. Results indicate that the effect of wage compression on job turnover is positive and significant in the manufacturing...

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Employment Consequences of Employment Protection Legislation

Skedinger, Per - 2012

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...

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Gazelles as Job Creators: A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - 2008

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Effects of Increasing Minimum Wages on Employment and Hours: Evidence from Swedens Retail Sector

Skedinger, Per - 2011

This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and hours among manual workers in the Swedish retail sector over the period 2001-05. The findings indicate that increases in real minimum wages are associated with more separations,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320244

Sweden: A Minimum Wage Model in Need of Modification?

Skedinger, Per - 2008

Swedish minimum wages are not regulated by law, but subject to bargaining between employers and trade unions and form part of collective agreements. This paper provides an overview of the Swedish minimum wage system, its characteristics and effects on employment and wages, and also discusses the...

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