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Determinants of plant closures in Swedish manufacturing
Andersson, Fredrik; Vejsiu, Altin - 2001
We study the derminants of plant closures i Swedish manufacturing using linked employer-employee data. From our theoretical framework we derive and empirically test hypothesis regarding the linkages between the probability of plant failure and: 1) industry-specific characteristics of production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321092
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Determinants of plant closures in Swedish manufacturing
Andersson, Fredrik; Vejsiu, Altin - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2001
We study the derminants of plant closures i Swedish manufacturing using linked employer-employee data. From our theoretical framework we derive and empirically test hypothesis regarding the linkages between the probability of plant failure and: 1) industry-specific characteristics of production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651814
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The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success
Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Congregado, Emilio - 2013 - Version: September 2013
Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship performance. The entrepreneur's human capital is, though, only one of the input factors into the production process of her venture. The value of other input factors, such as (knowledge)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386432
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The importance of education for the reallocation of labor: Evidence from Swedish linked employer-employee data 1986 - 2002
Gartell, Marie; Jans, Ann-Christin; Persson, Helena - 2007
Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy over a uniquely long time period from 1986 to 2002, we examine how job flows and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educational levels. We find that job and worker flows vary by educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317963
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Effects of increasing minimum wages on employment and hours : evidence from Sweden's 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/10008987506
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Challenges of Nordic labour markets : a polarization of working life?
Asplund, Rita; Barth, Erling; Lundborg, Per; Nilsen, … - 2011
Labour-market polarization is characterized by increased employment in occupations at the top but also at the bottom of the skills and wage distributions, followed by a relative decline in 'middling' occupations. This paper documents a polarization trend also in the Nordic labour markets and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152579
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Job polarization and task-biased technological change : Sweden, 1975 - 2005
Adermon, Adrian; Gustavsson, Magnus - 2011
, Sweden exhibited a pattern of job polarization with expansions of the highest and lowest paid jobs compared to middle …
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The turnaround of Swedish industry : reforms, firm diversity and job and productivity dynamics
Heyman, Fredrik; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2015 - This version: August 2015
and employment growth that followed the deep economic crisis in Sweden in the early 1990s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sweden … had one of the most regulated business sectors in the developed world. In the 1990s, however, Sweden reformed its labour … the Swedish experience by examining factors that appear to be specific to Sweden and others that can be generalized to …
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The impact of temporary contracts on gross job and worker flows
Araï, Mahmood (contributor); Heyman, Fredrik (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Based on direct information on hires and separations for 11.000 establishments during 11 years, we report new evidence that around half of job and worker flows stem from temporary contracts which account for only around 10 percent of employment. The share of temporary contracts is positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001652356
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104109