Incentive pay and gender gaps in the Nordic countries [PDF]
This paper explores the effect of incentive pay on gender pay gaps in Finland, Norway and Sweden among professionals and managers within MNCs. Mercer 2009 Total Remuneration Survey data is utilised.
Westling, Tatu
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Why Does Sweden Have Higher Levels of Voter Turnout Than Finland?
, 2017 Voter turnout is considered the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to assessing the health of civic participation in a democracy; low turnout in particular is indicative of broader problems.
Christensen, Hannah M
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A review of current European research on organic farming (OF0171) [PDF]
, 2000 This is the final report of Defra project 0F0171. This text has been extracted from the Executive Summary at the start of the attached report. In support of its policy to expand organic farming, MAFF sponsors a programme of research and extension ...
Keatinge, Ray
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Improving the school-to-work transition for vocational students - What can we learn from research? [PDF]
Many countries have had to tackle escalating youth unemployment in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, but compared with other countries in the European Union, youth unemployment has increased particularly sharply in Sweden. Currently, Swedish
Lindahl, Lena
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The Boom-Bust Cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 in an International Perspective [PDF]
This paper compares the boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 with the average boom-bust pattern in industrialized countries as calculated from an international sample for the period 1970-2002. Two clear conclusions emerge.
Lars Jonung +2 more
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Piracy, Music and Movies: A Natural Experiment [PDF]
This paper investigates the effects of illegal file sharing (piracy) on music and movie sales. The Swedish implementation of the European Union directive IPRED on April 1, 2009 suddenly increased the risk of being caught and prosecuted for file sharing ...
Adermon, Adrian, Liang, Che-Yuan
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Occasional Publications on Northern Life, No. 04 [PDF]
, 1983 The need to exchange information on research in reindeer and caribou diseases became apparent to investigators attending the Second International Reindeer/Caribou Symposium in Roros, Norway, in 1979.
Dieterich, Robert A., Morton, Jamie K.
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Is Earnings Inequality Also Rising in Other Industrialized Countries? -- the Role of Institutional Constraints [PDF]
Earnings Distribution, Cross-national ...
Mary Joyce, Peter Gottschalk
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Intergenerational Mobility, Human Capital Transmission and the Earnings of Second-Generation Immigrants in Sweden [PDF]
We compare the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an overall convergence in average earnings between immigrants and natives.
Hammarstedt , Mats, Palme, Mårten
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Innovation and Growth in Resource Rich Countries [PDF]
Numerous resource rich economies have been far more dynamic than those in Latin America and there is little long term evidence that natural resource abundant countries generally under perform.
W.F. Maloney
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