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No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertation-eesp-fgv (final).pdf: 964294 bytes, checksum: 82aaf5cc2fc6ee9324bf6de691484d44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-02 / Since 1998 in the Public Administration there are statutory workers ('estatutários') and others hired by the CLT labor regime ('celetistas'). Thisfact occurs due the Constitutional Amendment number 19 , formulated that year, which has changed the article 39 of Brazilian Constitution. It allowed public entities to hire employees under CLT legislation. This situation lasted until 2007 when the Supreme Court of Brazil suspended such modification and so the original understanding of the Constitution was reestablished. This work intends to evaluate the wage differential between statutory and CLT employees by means of an econometric approach. Using a fixed effectsregression we have analyzed the impact of the labor regime upon public workers wages and using the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition we quantified how much of such differential is due the labor regime and how much is due to the individual characteristics (education, tenure and others). There are evidences that CLT workers have in average wages R$ 310.00 lower than statutory. Controlling by occupation we also see a negative prize to CLT worker to all groups except by the High Skilled Workers that have a salary R$ 95.98 higher than the Statutory. Low Skilled Workers show the smallest differential (R$ 12.20) followed by Teachers and Researchers (R$ 85.27) and Technicians (R$ 97.11). The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition shows that the largest part is not explained by endowments differences. The spending with wages and benefits to public employees is one of the main debates in the current scenario of fiscal adjustment facing the relevant increase of Public Debt in the last years. The Brazilian society has a perception that the Government has an excessive amount of workers and furthermore these onesreceive higher wages without a reasonable explanation when compared to similar occupations in private companies. At the end of 2017 the Brazilian Government presented an action plan to reduce the spending with wages and benefits of public employees. Among the proposals there were a decrease in the initial salary of public service and an increase in the public pension plan contribution. / Desde o ano de 1998 coexistem na Administração Direta, Autarquias e Fundações Públicas, funcionários públicos estatutários e 'celetistas'. Esta situação decorre da Emenda 19, a qual alterou o artigo 39 da Constituição e permitiu que estas entidades contratassem funcionários pela CLT. Essa situação perdurou até o ano de 2007, quando o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)suspendeu liminarmente (ADI 2135) a nova redação e dessa forma restaurou a situação original, válida atualmente. Este trabalho se propõe a medir a diferença no salário entre servidores públicos estatutários e celetistas por meio de uma abordagem econométrica. Utilizando uma regressão de efeitos fixos foi analisado o impacto do regime de trabalho sobre o salário dos servidores e por meio da decomposição de Oaxaca-Blinder estimou-se quanto desta diferença decorre do regime de trabalho e quanto se deve às características dos indivíduos de cada grupo (escolaridade, experiência e outros). Há indícios de que os celetistas recebem um salário R$ 310.00 menor do que seus pares estatutários. Controlando os efeitos de cada profissão há um diferencial negativo para todas os celetistas exceto para os profissionais de alta qualificação os quais possuem um salário R$ 95.98 maior do que os estatutários. Com relação aos outros grupos, os profissionais de baixa qualificação apresentam o menor diferencial de salários (R$ 12.20) seguido por professores e pesquisadores (R$ 85.27) e técnicos (R$ 97.11). Na decomposição do diferencial a maior parte não decorre de diferenças nas características dos indivíduos de cada grupo. O impacto dos salários e benefícios de funcionários públicos sobre as contas públicas é um dos principais pontos debatidos dentre as propostas que englobam o plano de ajuste fiscal do Governo Brasileiro. A percepção atual da sociedade é que além do governo contar com um contingente significativo de servidores públicos, estes recebem maiores salários quando comparados a trabalhadores em atividades semelhantes na iniciativa privada. Nesse contexto o governo federal apresentou no final de 2017 uma série de medidas para adequação dos gastos com folha de pagamento de servidores públicos, dentre elas a redução do salário inicial e elevação da contribuição previdenciária destes trabalhadores.

nÃo hà / The objective of the present research is to evaluate the relative importance of the Program of Participation in Profits and Results (PPLR) â Law number 10.101, for the commitment of employees in comparison with other factors of functional commitment. Exploratory and descriptive research was conducted, through case studies, with the use of a questionnaire middle structured questionnaire and an interview by topic with managers of PPLR and employees of the administrative, commercial, and operational areas of two large fertilizer companies in Bahia. The research involved two managers and seventy nine employees. The results were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The research allowed to confirm that in spite of the importance of the PPLR for organizational strategies and objectives, there was no agreement between the companies in what it concerns to the prevalence of the Program when related to factors of affective, normative compromising and other calculatives related in the study. It is suggested that several aspects compete for the dissonance among the case studies researched, as the geographical location, demographic subjects and the style of the administration. / A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo avaliar a importÃncia relativa do Programa de ParticipaÃÃo nos Lucros e Resultados (PPLR) â Lei no. 10.101, para o comprometimento dos empregados em comparaÃÃo com outros fatores de comprometimento funcional. Realizou-se uma pesquisa exploratÃria e descritiva, por meio de estudo de caso mÃltiplo, com a aplicaÃÃo de um questionÃrio semi-estruturado e uma entrevista por pauta, junto a gestores dos PPLR e empregados das Ãreas administrativa, comercial e operacional de duas grandes empresas de fertilizantes da Bahia. A pesquisa envolveu dois gestores e setenta e nove empregados. Os dados foram tratados quantitativa e qualitativamente. A pesquisa permitiu constatar que, apesar da importÃncia dos PPLR para as estratÃgias e objetivos organizacionais, nÃo houve consenso entre as empresas pesquisadas no que concerne à prevalÃncia do Programa quando relacionado com fatores de comprometimento afetivos, normativos e demais calculativos relacionados no estudo. Sugere-se que vÃrios aspectos concorrem para a dissonÃncia entre os estudos de caso pesquisados, como a localizaÃÃo geogrÃfica, questÃes demogrÃficas e o estilo da gestÃo.

Analyses about aggregate employment, unemployment, and inactivity rates frequently disregard labor market trends of specific household members, which may explain some puzzles in the relationship between economic activity and labor market participation. The relevance of family approaches of labor supply transcends the aggregate macroeconomic trends and addresses important micro-level analysis concerning the behavior and intrahousehold decisions of members and policy-relevant results. Despite the consensus about the joint labor supply decisions of household members, studies are typically at the individual level and disregard sons and daughters as decision-makers in a family. Therefore, in this thesis, we investigate these questions for Brazil, in two studies. In the first study, we analyze the labor supply decisions of sons daughters aged 14 to 24 years living with their parents, in a reduced form exercise. We collaborate to the empirical literature about intrahousehold impacts of policies, testing whether the minimum wage, which affects the income of parents, impacts the final labor supply decisions of sons and daughters. We also verify if the policy has distinct effects depending on whether the eligible person is the father or the mother, aiming to test the income-pooling hypothesis. Our identification strategy is based on an intention-to-treat approach, and in a differences-in-differences estimator. Another innovation is the use of the PNADC (IBGE) for 2012-2016. We find that the direction and magnitude of the minimum wage effects affecting fathers and mothers, on the labor supply of sons and daughters, depend on who is and how many eligible members there exist in the household: it is negative, whether the eligible person is the mother or the father, and it is positive, whether both are eligible. Therefore, our results strengthen the argument in favor of household approaches, since the income pooling hypothesis does not seem to be valid in this context. In the second study, we investigate how the decisions about labor supply could determine the aggregate results of unemployment and inactivity of the secondary household earners. We develop and estimate a structural household job search model with on-the-job search. We extend Dey and Flinn (2008) to allow for unemployment and inactivity of mothers and sons and daughters who are subject to shocks to their employment and income shocks to fathers. These shocks may determine different search behavior and job acceptance, depending on the other household member\'s labor market situation. The model is estimated using the PME (IBGE) for 2004-2014. We perform counterfactual simulations, and we verify that the decreasing unemployment rate of sons/daughters would not have changed between 2004 and 2014 if the labor market opportunities and conditions of this member remain the same. The unemployment rate of mothers does not alter a lot in this period. The increasing trend in the inactivity of sons/daughters is mostly determined by a decreasing encouragement rate and the increasing dropout rate observed among these members in this period. These exogenous factors that determine the move to or the permanence in the inactivity could be related to the lower cost of education. We conclude that the use of individual job search models to understand aggregate unemployment and inactivity can be misleading, since the household search behavior matters in the labor supply decisions of secondary household earners. / As análises sobre taxas agregadas de emprego, desemprego e inatividade frequentemente ignoram a dinâmica dos membros das famílias no mercado de trabalho, a qual pode explicar puzzles na relação entre atividade econômica e participação no mercado de trabalho. A relevância das abordagens familiares para a oferta de trabalho está nas análises macroeconômicas sobre tendências agregadas, e também em análises microeconômicas do comportamento, decisões intrafamiliares e resultados de políticas. Apesar do consenso sobre as decisões conjuntas de oferta de trabalho dos membros da família, grande parte dos estudos são abordagens individuais e desconsideram filhos jovens como tomadores de decisão. Nesta tese, organizada em dois estudos, investigamos essas questões para o Brasil. No primeiro estudo, analisamos a decisão de ofertar trabalho de jovens entre 14 e 24 anos vivendo com os pais, em um exercício de forma reduzida. A tese colabora com a literatura empírica sobre os efeitos intrafamiliares de políticas, ao testar se o salário mínimo que afeta a renda dos pais impacta a decisão final dos filhos de ofertar trabalho. Também testamos a hipótese de agregação da renda, ao verificar se se a política tem efeitos distintos caso a pessoa elegível na família seja a mãe ou o pai. A estratégia de identificação é baseada em uma abordagem de intention-to-treat, e no uso do estimador de diferenças-em-diferenças. Outra inovação é o uso da PNADC (IBGE) para 2012-2016. Verificamos que a direção e a magnitude dos efeitos do salário mínimo dos pais, na oferta de trabalho dos filhos, dependem de quem é e de quantos são os membros elegíveis na família: o efeito é negativo, se a pessoa elegível é a mãe ou o pai, e é positivo, se ambos são elegíveis. Esses resultados reforçam o argumento em favor das abordagens intrafamiliares, uma vez que a hipótese de income-pooling não parece ser válida neste contexto. No segundo estudo, investigamos como as decisões de oferta de trabalho poderiam determinar os resultados agregados de desemprego e inatividade dos membros secundários. Desenvolvemos e estimamos um modelo estrutural de busca por emprego familiar com on-the-jobsearch. Estendemos o modelo de Dey e Flinn (2008), para permitir desemprego e inatividade de mães e filhos, sujeitos a choques em seus empregos e choques na renda dos pais. Esses choques podem determinar diferentes comportamentos de busca e aceitação de emprego, dependendo da situação do outro membro no mercado de trabalho. O modelo é estimado com a PME (IBGE) para 2004-2014. Realizamos simulações contrafactuais e verificamos que a taxa de desemprego dos filhos, decrescente entre 2004 e 2014, não teria se alterado no período, caso as condições e oportunidades de mercado de trabalho dos filhos tivessem continuado as mesmas de 2004. Já a taxa de desemprego das mães não sofre grandes alterações no período. A tendência crescente na inatividade dos filhos é determinada por uma taxa de encorajamento decrescente e uma taxa de desistência crescente, que refletem fatores exógenos que levam jovens trabalhadores à inatividade. Esses fatores exógenos podem estar relacionados ao menor custo da educação no período. Concluímos que o uso de modelos individuais de busca por emprego para entender o desemprego e a inatividade agregados deve ser desencorajado, pois o comportamento de busca familiar importa para as decisões de oferta de trabalho dos membros secundários da família.

Orientador: Rodolfo Hoffmann / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T21:36:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_RegisBorgesde_D.pdf: 3846657 bytes, checksum: 6669c57606c98d3daae27bdc6afbce44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Este trabalho analisa o impacto do salário mínimo sobre a distribuição dos rendimentos no setor agrícola brasileiro entre os anos de 1995 e 2012. Mais precisamente, estuda o efeito do salário mínimo na determinação do rendimento de diferentes categorias de trabalhadores agrícolas, quais sejam: empregados permanentes com ou sem carteira, empregados temporários com ou sem carteira e trabalhadores por conta-própria. Nos últimos 18 anos, o salário mínimo real apresentou crescimento sistemático com efeitos importantes sobre os rendimentos no mercado de trabalho. Paralelamente, observou-se, no Brasil, um movimento sem precedentes, que combinou o crescimento econômico com a redução da desigualdade, tanto quando se analisam os rendimentos do trabalho como o rendimento domiciliar per capita. Evidências empíricas mostraram que o SM foi um dos fatores que contribuiu para a redução da desigualdade, porém seu efeito é distinto quando são considerados as categorias de empregados agrícolas. Utilizando estatísticas descritivas e dois métodos não-paramétricos (densidades de kernel e regressões quantílicas) aplicados aos dados da PNAD/IBGE, o trabalho mostra que para os empregados sem carteira no setor agrícola o SM tem impacto concentrador, na medida em que afeta com mais intensidade os rendimentos localizados na parte superior da distribuição. Chama-se a atenção para a necessidade de aumento da formalização das relações de trabalho no setor, garantindo que os trabalhadores mais pobres sejam beneficiados pelos aumentos reais do salário mínimo / Abstract: This study aims to analyze the impact of the minimum wage on the wage distribution in the Brazilian¿s agricultural sector over the period 1992-2012. More precisely, we study the effect of the minimum wage policy in determining the wage of different categories of agricultural workers, as follows: permanents employees with or without register, temporaries employees with or without register and self-employed workers. Over the past 18 years the real value of the minimum wage has been increased systematically with important effects in the labor market. At the same time, the Brazilian economy has experienced an unprecedented tendency, which combined economic growth with reduced inequality when analyzing both the labor income and the per capita household income. Empirical evidences have showed that the minimum wage was one of the factors that contributed to the fall on inequality, but its effect is different when considering the agricultural employees' categories. Using descriptive statistics and two non-parametric methods (kernel density functions and quantile regressions) applied to the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD/IBGE) data, this work shows that for unregistered workers in the agricultural sector the real minimum wage growth has increased inequality, as far as it affects more intensely the upper tail of the wage distribution. We highlight the necessity of increasing the formalization among agricultural employees, ensuring that the poorest workers also be benefited by the real minimum wage increase / Doutorado / Desenvolvimento Economico, Espaço e Meio Ambiente / Doutor em Desenvolvimento Economico

Submitted by Amanda Cappellazzo Arabage (amanda_arabage@msn.com) on 2013-06-11T18:18:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Amanda Arabage.pdf: 2257979 bytes, checksum: 53712e3dfdc43c2acc992b86c428c1ef (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2013-06-11T19:48:47Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Amanda Arabage.pdf: 2257979 bytes, checksum: 53712e3dfdc43c2acc992b86c428c1ef (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-11T20:19:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Amanda Arabage.pdf: 2257979 bytes, checksum: 53712e3dfdc43c2acc992b86c428c1ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-27 / Neste trabalho estudamos a evolução da desigualdade de salários no mercado formal de trabalho no Brasil utilizando dados da Relação Anual de Informações Sociais (RAIS) no período entre 1994 e 2009. Utilizamos a variância do log do salário real por hora contratual de trabalho como medida de desigualdade e, através do uso de métodos de decomposição da variância em seus componentes permanente e transitório, verificamos que, no Brasil, cerca de 84% da desigualdade é explicada pelo componente permanente, ou seja, por características individuais invariantes no tempo. A educação responde por uma parcela expressiva deste componente (54% em média). Ao longo do período em questão houve uma redução da desigualdade de salários, sendo esta explicada pela redução do componente transitório entre 1994 e 1998 e pela diminuição do componente permanente entre 1999 e 2009. / This study analyzes the evolution of wage inequality in the formal labor market in Brazil in the years 1994-2009 using administrative data (RAIS). We use the variance of log hourly wages as a way to access wage inequality. Decomposing variance into its permanent and transitory components, we find that 84% of Brazilian wage inequality is due to its permanent component, in other words, it can be explained by individual characteristics that do not change over time. Regarding this permanent component, we show that education responds to approximately 54% of it. From 1994 to 2009, Brazil experienced a reduction in wage inequality. This reduction was caused by a decrease in the transitory component from 1994 to 1998 and by a decrease in the permanent component from 1999 to 2009.

Submitted by Ignacio Rey (ignacio.crespo12@gmail.com) on 2013-06-20T16:02:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 1892087 bytes, checksum: 9b69116ff77d99edaa98675b0553f14c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2013-06-27T12:13:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 1892087 bytes, checksum: 9b69116ff77d99edaa98675b0553f14c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-27T12:13:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação.pdf: 1892087 bytes, checksum: 9b69116ff77d99edaa98675b0553f14c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-12 / The aim of this paper is to understand more about the role of trade liberalization on wage inequality, more precisely, on the residual wage inequality. Using the Brazil- ian trade openness, the large tari cuts that occurred between 1987 and 1995, it is empirically investigated whether di erent levels of exposure to trade across states contributed to the di erent inequality movements. Results indicate that states more exposed to trade liberalization experienced a relative increase in residual wage in- equality or, equivalently, a smaller decrease. These ndings enrich the discussion on the e ects of trade openness on inequality. / O objetivo deste trabalho é entender mais sobre o papel da liberalização sobre a desigualdade salarial, mais precisamente, sobre a desigualdade residual dos salários. Usando a abertura comercial brasileira, a extensa redução tarifária que ocorreu entre 1987 e 1995, é investigado empiricamente se os diferentes níveis de exposição ao comércio entre os estados contribuíram para os diferentes movimentos da desigualdade. Os resultados indicam que estados mais expostos à liberalização comercial experimentaram um aumento relativo da desigualdade residual dos salários ou, de forma equivalente, uma menor redução. Estes resultados enriquecem a discussão dos efeitos da abertura comercial sobre a desigualdade.

This master´s thesis focuses on analysis of the current system for employee evaluation and remuneration in selected company. The theoretical part focus on summary of basic terms related to methods of employee evaluation and remuneration. The practical part analyzes the current situation in the selected company, and of a research performed based on a questionnaire survey. On the basic of the realized analysis are draw up its own proposals to improve the current system of evaluation and remuneration in society.

The author conceives the presented thesis partly as a case study, when she illustrates different aspects of sanctions on a practical example defined for the purposes of this work. Furthermore, she maps different kinds of aspects related to analyzed sanctions. The thesis is divided into the introduction, five main chapters and the conclusion. Overall, the work has two parts, the first one is the introduction and the first chapter, second part consists of the definition of the practical example, from which it derives, then the second, the third, the fourth and the fifth chapter and the conclusion. In a brief introduction, the author has a think about the meaning of general terms such an obligation, a legal obligation and sanctions for breaching duties. The first chapter contains a definition of terms that are analyzed further in the work. Furthermore, the chapter continues with the general definition of sanctions, particularly from the perspective of legal theory, including the attempt on the author's own definition of sanctions. As an introduction to another part of the work is defined a model case from which the work (partially processed as a case study) further unfolds. The basis of this case is a breach of the obligation to pay out employees wages. On this basis, in the text are more fully...

Cette thèse cherche à expliquer les origines des fluctuations sur le marché du travail, à évaluer le coût de ses fluctuations et à comprendre si la politique monétaire doit chercher à les stabiliser. Notamment elle aborde plusieurs questions. Premièrement, quelles forces sous-tendent les fluctuations du marché du travail ? Ces forces trouvent-elles leur origine sur le marché du travail ? Deuxièmement, le marché du travail a-t-il tendance à amplifier ou atténuer l'effet de ces « chocs » sur l'activité économique ? Finalement, quel est le coût de ces fluctuations et quel rôle doivent jouer les politiques de stabilisation économique, notamment la politique monétaire ? Le premier chapitre cherche à répondre à la première question. Il identifie séparément deux chocs trouvant leur origine sur le marché du travail, un choc d'offre de travail et un choc sur le pouvoir de négociation des salariés, et quantifie leurs contributions respectives aux fluctuations d'un certain nombre de variables macroéconomiques au sein d'un modèle Vector Auto Regressive (VAR). Les deux chocs sont identifiés à l'aide de restrictions de signe. Le résultat principal de cette analyse est que les deux chocs expliquent une part importante des fluctuations de la production et du chômage à court terme comme à long terme. Le deuxième chapitre s'intéresse à la littérature sur les rigidités de salaire. Il montre qu'une forme analytique simple pour le salaire réel peut être obtenue à partir d'un modèle de négociations salariales à offres alternées à la Hall et Milgrom (2008) lorsqu'une restriction paramétrique plausible est imposée. Le troisième chapitre cherche à comprendre comment la nature des fluctuations du chômage affecte la conduite optimale de la politique monétaire. Il montre qu'en présence de fluctuations du chômage asymétriques, l'arbitrage de politique monétaire entre la stabilisation de l'inflation et la stabilisation du chômage décrit par Taylor (1994) devient un arbitrage entre la stabilisation de l'inflation et le chômage moyen. Dans ce cadre, il est préférable pour une banque centrale de mettre un poids important sur la stabilisation de l'activité réelle. En adoptant cette politique plutôt qu'une politique de stabilité des prix, l'autorité monétaire peut générer des gains de bien-être conséquents. / The goal of this thesis is twofold: (1) uncover the sources of labor market fluctuations and evaluate their costs, (2) understand whether monetary policy should be concerned with stabilizing these fluctuations. More precisely, it addresses a certain number of intertwined questions. First, which disturbances underlie labor market fluctuations? Do they find their origin within or outside the labor market? Second, are there key characteristics of the labor market that tend to amplify or dampen the effects of these shocks on economic activity? Third, how costly are these fluctuations, and what does this imply for stabilization policies, especially monetary policy? The first chapter addresses the first question. It identifies and quantifies the importance for economic fluctuations of two labor market shocks, a labor supply shock and a wage bargaining shock, within a Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) mode!. The shocks are identified with sign restrictions. The main result that emerges from this analysis is that both shocks are important for output and unemployment fluctuations in the short run and in the long run. The second chapter is related to the literature that argues that wage rigidity is key to explaining the size of labor market fluctuations. It derives an analytical solution for the wage from an alternating-offer wage bargaining game à la Hall and Milgrom (2008) under a plausible parameter restriction. The third chapter addresses the third question. It tries to understand how the nature of unemployment fluctuations shapes the optimal design of monetary policy. It shows that, when unemployment fluctuations are asymmetric, the standard macroeconomic trade­-off between inflation and unemployment stabilization becomes a trade-off between inflation stabilization and average unemployment. In this environment, it is optimal for the central bank to adopt a dual mandate, that is, a policy that features a strong response to employment alongside inflation. The welfare gains of adopting this policy rather than a policy of price stability are found to be substantial.

The Swedish model is perceived as a successful framework for combining rapid labor market adjustment with low inequality. Formulated by Gösta Rehn and Rudolf Meidner and implemented from the 1950s, it has been associated with the peak in economic restructuring and interregional migration during the 1960s. However, there is little empirical evidence for this. This thesis consists of an introduction and four essays. It explores three aspects of the model from a long-run perspective: interregional migration, wage dispersion and labor market policy. Essay I uses new data to track interregional migration rates in the postwar period (1945-1985). The results show that the responsiveness of interregional migration to local labor market conditions remained stable over time; it was neither higher during the 1960s nor lower when migration declined after 1970. Essay II employs a regression-decomposition framework to analyze the evolution of wage dispersion. The results suggest that wage dispersion was stable from centralized bargaining’s introduction in 1956 to the late 1960s. Afterwards, there was a rapid decline, likely because of solidaristic bargaining. Essay III contrasts the implementation of the active labor market policy to regional policy. Following a decisive shift around 1970, the focus on north to south mobility was replaced with policies to stimulate northern employment. Declining rural support for the Social Democrats and electoral competition from the Center Party caused this shift. Finally, Essay IV is a case study about mobility subsidy usage in Västernorrland County using sources on relocation allowances from 1965, 1970 and 1975. The results indicate that in the 1960s there was strong selection into the program by young persons with good labor market prospects. However, the program’s use did not change after the regional policy shift in the early 1970s. The collective results suggest that the policies associated with the Swedish model were minor for economic restructuring patterns. The migrations of the 1960s and the decline in regional disruptions after 1970 should instead be explained by studying the consequences of structural changes, how regions were progressively affected differently and the possible role that government policies played in directing demand for labor across space.