We analyse full-time monthly wages of employees with parents born in Sweden and of childhood immigrants who arrived … than women. Returns to education are generally lower for non-European childhood immigrants than for natives. Comparison … countries, the risk of overeducation is larger than it is for adult immigrants and the difference in adjusted wages between …

Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job … experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of subsequent wages while no such effect could be found for women. These findings … support the interpretation that women invest more in general rather than specific human capital which make them less exposed …

empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …

This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …

1993 to 2002.Women are more likely to have more formal education than what is normally required for their occupation … though it does not alter the result that the estimated returns to education are smaller for women than for men in Sweden. …

period 1968-1991. We find that the effects of changes in the wage structure on women's wages have varied over time and have …'s relative wage gains, as compared to 1974. At this time, women gained in relative wages mainly because discrimination was … had partly counteracting effects. Changes in industry wage differentials have systematically worked against women, while …