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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
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The political economy of agricultural protection: Sweden 1887
Lehmann, Sibylle H.; Volckart, Oliver - 2010
We analyse the Swedish general elections that took place in spring and autumn 1887. Our aim is to discover which groups of voters were responsible for the severe losses that the supporters of free trade suffered in the second of these contests, and that allowed the protectionists to gain the...
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Using Markets to Measure Pre-War Threat Assessments: The Nordic Countries Facing World War II
Waldenström, Daniel; Frey, Bruno S. - 2006
Nordic historians have asserted for a long time that in the Nordic countries only few people, if any, perceived increased threats of war prior to the World War II outbreak. This would explain, and possibly excuse, why their governments did not mobilize their armies until it was too late. This...
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Wage and employment determination in volatile times: Sweden 1913-1939
Holmund, Bertil - 2012
The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing,...
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Wage and employment determination in volatile times: Sweden 1913 - 1939
Holmlund, Bertil - 2012
The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282277
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Vertikale Arbeitsmarktsegmentation nach dem Geschlecht - ein neoinstitutionalistischer Erklärungsversuch am Beispiel Deutschlands und Schwedens
Festing, Marion; Okech, Jana - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 21 (2007) 1, pp. 42-59
Schweden nur in einem geringeren Ausmaß der Fall. Der vorliegende Beitrag verdeutlicht die Situation anhand vergleichender … geschlechtsspezifische Segmentationsmuster relevanten gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen und deren mögliche Auswirkungen in Deutschland und … Schweden. Im Ergebnis lässt sich ein Zusammenhang zwischen den analysierten institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen und dem …
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Das Ladenschlußgesetz - Ladenhüter des Einzelhandels? Eine Analyse im Lichte ausländischer Deregulierungserfahrungen
Stehn, Jürgen - 1987
Einzelhandels in Schweden, Frankreich und den Vereinigten Staaten von Interesse, da in diesen Ländern keine gesetzlichen …
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Location choice and employment decisions: a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - 2005
Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
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Active Citizens and Retirement Planning: Enlarging Freedom of Choice in the Course of Pension Reforms in Nordic Countries and Germany
Hinrichs, Karl - 2004
One feature of recent pension reforms in OECD countries has been that more individual responsibility is transferred to employees and in particular to those approaching the end of their working life. Enlarged freedom of choice concerns the timing of retirement with corresponding consequences for...
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Firm Level Innovation and Productivity: Is there a Common Story Across Countries?
Peters, Bettina; Lööf, Hans; Janz, Norbert - 2003
Recent studies have documented extensive heterogeneity in firm performance within countries, and innovation has been found as an important determinant. This paper addresses the issue of innovation firm performance across countries. A growing number of national firm level studies on the...
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