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- Lundgren, Stefan, et al.
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Arbetsförmedlingens arbetsmarknadsutbildning : små regionala skillnader i effekter
- 2017
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Arbetsförmedlingens Arbetsmarknadsutbildning (AUB) syftar till att ge arbetssökande bättre möjligheter att få ett arbete och samtidigt ge arbetsgivare bättre förutsättningar att få arbetssökande med lämplig kompetens. Riksrevisionen har granskat hur väl Arbetsförmedlingen lyckats med att skapa likvärdiga effekter i olika regioner för den arbetsmarknadspolitiska insatsen AUB.Granskningen visar att skillnaderna i effektstorlek mellan olika marknadsområden är relativt liten. Variationen i effekten av AUB tycks inte heller ha ökat nämnvärt efter att upphandlingen av AUB centraliserades då Arbetsförmedlingen bildades 2008.För hela landet visar resultaten att det är fler individer som två år efter avslutad AUB har en inkomst som överstiger ett prisbasbelopp, drygt 40 000 kronor, än för jämförbara arbetslösa som inte tagit del av AUB. För hela den studerade tidsperioden var andelen med en inkomst över ett prisbasbelopp cirka åtta procentenheter högre för deltagarna i AUB än för personerna i jämförelsegruppen.För att uppnå likvärdiga effekter i olika regioner rekommenderar Riksrevisionen Arbetsförmedlingen att vid effektutvärderingar av arbetsmarknadspolitiska program inkludera ett regionalt perspektiv.
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- Richardson, Katarina, et al.
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Duration dependence versus unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects : swedish labor market training AND the transition rate to employment
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of applied econometrics (Chichester, England). - : Wiley. - 0883-7252 .- 1099-1255. ; 28:2, s. 325-351
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The effect of a treatment on the hazard rate of a duration outcome may depend on the elapsed time since treatment. In addition, treatment effects may be heterogeneous across agents. The former gives rise to duration dependence of the treatment effect, whereas unobserved heterogeneity gives rise to spurious duration dependence of the observable hazard rate. We develop a model allowing for duration dependence and unobserved heterogeneity in the treatment effect. The model incorporates a Timing of Events model and allows for selectivity on unobservables. We prove identification, exploiting variation in the timing of treatment and outcome. In the application we analyze the effects of the Swedish vocational employment training program on the individual transition rate from unemployment to work. We demonstrate the appropriateness of the approach by studying the enrollment process. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a large, significantly positive effect on exit to work shortly after exiting the program. The effect at the individual level diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration is small.
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- Edin, Per-Anders, et al.
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Swimming with the tide : solidarity wage policy and the gender earnings gap
- 2000
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Economics (forthcoming). ; , s. 31-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the period 1968-1991. We find that the effects of changes in the wage structure on women’s wages have varied over time and have had partly counte
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- Edin, Per-Anders, et al.
(författare)
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Swimming with the tide : solidarity wage policy and the gender earnings gap
- 1999
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the period 1968-1991. We find that the effects of changes in the wage structure on women’s wages have varied over time and have had partly counteracting effects. Changes in industry wage differentials have systematically worked against women, while the changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender wage gap. Changes in the wage structure were particularly important between 1968 and 1974 when the reduction of overall wage inequality was dramatic. In 1981, however, the wage compression effect accounted only for a minor proportion of women's relative wage gains, as compared to 1974. At this time, women gained in relative wages mainly because discrimination was mitigated and/or the gender gap in unobserved skills was reduced. Between 1981 and 1991 there is a small increase in the gender wage gap. This small increase seems to have been driven by changed inter-industry wage differentials.
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- Richardson, Katarina
(författare)
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Essays on Family and Labor Economics
- 1997
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Are Divorcing Parents Induced to Choose Joint Custody? An Evaluation Using Implementation Theory: What demands do divorcing parents make in court with respect to custody, under different legal regimes. This question is analyzed using the tools from implementation theory. Joint custody is viewed to be beneficial to the child in a majority of divorces. The legislation should therefore induce parents to agree on joint custody. My results indicate that the legislation works well in most cases. However, a parent who ranks joint custody as the worst alternative can and will veto joint custody. A proposed change in the legislation aims to further emphasize joint custody. However, my results indicate that the parents' tendency to accept joint custody may be reduced.The Evolution of the Marriage Premium in the Swedish Labor Market 1968- 1991: Married and cohabiting men in Sweden earn more than single men. Longitudinal data also indicates that these wage differentials may partly be explained by the selection of men into partnership based on unobserved productivity. This explanation to the marriage premium grows more in important over the investigated period. I also find, though only in the early part of the period and only for legally married, that wages increase with time married and that men with non-working spouses earn more than other married men. These results are in line with Becker's hypothesis of specialization between spouses. During this time period in Sweden, reforms have been undertaken to induce spouses to share labor market and housework more equally. If the wage differential between married and single men reflects specialization, we would expect it to decline.Estimation the Impact of Wage Structure on Wage Differentials: Juhn, Murphy and Pierce (1991), JMP, decompose changes in the unexplained wage differential between two groups of workers into two parts. One part is due to changes in the average amount of unobserved skills, and the other to changes in returns to unobserved skills. An alternative estimator to the JMP estimator is suggested which is approximately unbiased, consistent, and easy to calculate. The statistical properties of the JMP estimator depend on the distribution of the error term. Applied to the decline in the gender wage gap in Sweden, the two estimators produce qualitatively similar results.
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