Gruszczynski♣ Paula Roth♦ Bachelor’s Thesis‚ Stockholm School of Economics‚ Department of Economics June 16‚ 2010 Abstract This thesis investigates the relationship between a minimum wage increase and change in employment for municipality workers in Sweden between 2003 and 2007. The effect is estimated by performing a natural experiment comparing a treatment group of workers affected by the increase to a control group of unaffected workers. The results identify a positive effect for the aggregate employment
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Comparison of Health Care Systems in the United States and Sweden The Swedish health care system is a very principled one. Two longstanding Swedish values are repeatedly seen when reviewing the Swedish healthcare system: public welfare and subsidiarity‚ or addressing issues at the lowest possible level of government (Bidgood‚ 2013). Together‚ these values drive healthcare organization‚ delivery‚ and financing. In recent years‚ there has been a fair push for a Scandinavian-like health care system
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suppliers who set the price for Systembolaget (“Abuse of Monopoly Power”). If found guilty of abuse of monopoly power‚ the government can impose regulation and legislation‚ and also pursue nationalization. In this case‚ the entire market for alcohol in Sweden was nationalized in 1955 to limit the negative externalities that arose from drinking alcohol‚ which all came under the name of Systembolaget. In general‚ a nationalized or government owned monopoly ensure that prices are lower and that the output
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washing machines in India and eventually in 1990s forayed into manufacturing other consumer electronics and appliances including glass shells for CRT. Once the biggest moves for Videocon was on July 7‚ 2005‚ when it acquired the entire stake of Electrolux India and Thompson CPT. It was in the same year that Videocon took over Hyundai Electronics. As they progressed and expanded into new businesses‚ Videocon moved into the DTH service in July 2009 under the brand name as Videocon ‘d2h’. DTH services
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International Markets Bureau MARKET ANALYSIS REPORT | JUNE 2010 Consumer Trend Report Convenience Source: Mintel Source: Mintel Consumer Trend Report Convenience THE TREND Today‟s consumers are seeking solutions that allow them to maximize their free time and disposable income dollar‚ and spend more time doing the things they value. The convenience trend is driven by this desire to create more leisure time. The convenience trend is driven by this desire to create more leisure
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Rene Descartes was born on March 31‚ 1596 in La Haye‚ France. His family connections lie south across the Creuse River in Poitou‚ where it was controlled by Huguenots. His father owned farms and houses in Chatellerault and Poitiers‚ and worked as a councillor in the Parlement of Brittany‚ passing on the rank of nobility to Descartes. At one-year-old‚ Descartes’s father left him in La Haye to re-marry ‚where he and his two other siblings were to be raised by his grandmother and then his great
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In life‚ all conscious beings have the capacity to feel. There’s absolutely no doubt that human emotions and senses are the master puppeteers pulling the strings to guide our vessels to whatever end. A wide range of depth of feeling transpires amongst humans; which is an importune factor in our deeply personal connection with the world and those around us. However‚ there are those who have lost this raw connection due to the fact that the feel next to nothing at all. Prescription medications‚ such
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Denmark‚ Finland‚ Iceland‚ Norway‚ Sweden‚ Germany‚ Mexico‚ and Brazil all either offer free college education to students or have very favorable grant systems that allow students to attend college for little or no cost. Should college be free for all? Bernie Sanders thinks so. So did John
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Bouvet Island.[note 1] Norway has a total area of 385‚252 square kilometres (148‚747 sq mi) and a population of about 5 million.[9] It is the second least densely populated country in Europe. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east; in its south Norway borders the Skagerrak Strait across from Denmark. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Norway’s extensive coastline‚ facing the North Atlantic
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Hughes‚ who wrote the article‚ “The Demand: Where Sex Trafficking Begins”‚ gives her input about Sweden and their feelings on this growing epidemic‚ “In Sweden‚ beginning in 1999‚ the purchasing of sexual acts became a crime. The new law was passed as part of a new violence against women act that broadened the activities that qualified as criminal acts of violence” (Hughes). Even though it took Sweden sometime to make this a crime in their country‚ they took action in the battle against Human Trafficking
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