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<p>När IT-kraschen inträffade under 2001 fick den påtagliga konsekvenser för svensk ekonomi. Tillväxten, som tidigare varit hög, fick negativa värden och sysselsättningsökningen avstannade. När sedan tillväxten återhämtade sig, efter knappt ett år, förblev sysselsättningsnivån oförändrad. Ännu idag (dec 2005) har sysselsättningen inte visat några markanta förbättringar. Vi vill med vår uppsats närmare kartlägga var denna tillväxt utan nyanställningar uppkommer. Detta har vi gjort genom att skapa oss en överblick över hela arbetsmarknaden och därefter analyserat vilka sektorer som markant ökat sin produktion per anställd utan att nyanställa. Vi har även använt oss av en analys för hela tillverkningsindustrin där vi undersökt om det skett en arbetskraftomfördelning inom sektorn som lett till en produktionsökning. Vi fann att den enda riktigt tydliga tillväxten utan nyanställningar har skett i sektorn ”fastigheter och företagstjänster”. Arbetskraftsförflyttning mellan branscherna inom tillverkningsindustrin har inte påverkat produktiviteten nämnvärt.</p>

När IT-kraschen inträffade under 2001 fick den påtagliga konsekvenser för svensk ekonomi. Tillväxten, som tidigare varit hög, fick negativa värden och sysselsättningsökningen avstannade. När sedan tillväxten återhämtade sig, efter knappt ett år, förblev sysselsättningsnivån oförändrad. Ännu idag (dec 2005) har sysselsättningen inte visat några markanta förbättringar. Vi vill med vår uppsats närmare kartlägga var denna tillväxt utan nyanställningar uppkommer. Detta har vi gjort genom att skapa oss en överblick över hela arbetsmarknaden och därefter analyserat vilka sektorer som markant ökat sin produktion per anställd utan att nyanställa. Vi har även använt oss av en analys för hela tillverkningsindustrin där vi undersökt om det skett en arbetskraftomfördelning inom sektorn som lett till en produktionsökning. Vi fann att den enda riktigt tydliga tillväxten utan nyanställningar har skett i sektorn ”fastigheter och företagstjänster”. Arbetskraftsförflyttning mellan branscherna inom tillverkningsindustrin har inte påverkat produktiviteten nämnvärt.

Abstract This is unique study of import is of the greatest importance, since no studies of import across regions have earlier been performed. Import is a driving force of innovations and therefore most important for a stable growth. This master thesis is about interregional import, as well as the strong spatial concentration of imports in the Swedish system of network. Five hypothesises are presented in the last section of chapter two. The variables to be used in the analysis are then divided into two main groups, before empirically tested in different combinations of regression models. The main conclusion of this thesis is a significant correlation between import, and the two independent variables export and firm R&amp;D, and its result goes in line with the theoretical framework of this thesis, regional specialisation in import and export nodes.

Abstract Due to the dramatically sociotechnical change plus the Asia finance crisis influence, the non-employment rate and the number of jobless labor are getting higher in Taiwan currently. This case study is an employment research of the semiconductor company M after one year of factory closing to realize the re-employment status of employees who left company M one year ago. It investigated the job finding problems of employees who left company M after factory closing. While the average age of company M's employees are 43 years old, the re-employment problems of workers would be very much similar to the placement problems of middle senior workers (defined by government as those workers with age between 45 and 65). By using questionnaire collection, this study checked the re-employment status of those who left company M one year ago. And tested the job satisfaction to those who are having jobs as well as investigated the job finding problems to those who are jobless. Also tested the awareness of public resources of job placement assistance provided by government on questionnaires. This study also discussed about the employee competence training for job change need. And examined the effectiveness of the outplacement assistance done by Human Resources department of company M one year ago in order to make a better outplacement assistance program example for any company who needs. This research also interviewed the Human Resources department heads to exchange the empirical practice viewpoint of captured subject from the industrial companies. This case study found that the non-employment rate of a senior company (employees with average age over 40) might be high above 40% after one year of factory closing. The age discrimination of recruitment is the key factor for senior worker to find a new job after factory closing. Current Labor Law and Labor Insurance regulations may have some unfavorable items, which are out of dates, to impact the job finding of senior workers. People didn't fully utilize the public resources which government put on for senior workers' job placement assistance. This study also found that the individual competence training for job change of indirect labor workers is different from direct labor workers. Indirect labor workers prefer the Business Management application training while the direct labor workers prefer the soft service business items such as Cooking or Salon Beauty skill. The tested population expect to receive the individual competence training (for job change) sponsored by both firms and government while the Human Resources department heads of firms recognize it as government's responsibility. In order to make a better mass labor transfer practice for the need of factory closing, this study made suggestions to firms, workers and government respectively: ¡E How to proceed a better outplacement assistance program for a factory which is going to discharge mass employees due to business close. ¡E How to deal with the job termination for those who work for a company going to close the business. ¡E How to support the job placement assistance for senior workers,

<p>Abstract</p><p>This is unique study of import is of the greatest importance, since no studies of import</p><p>across regions have earlier been performed. Import is a driving force of innovations and</p><p>therefore most important for a stable growth. This master thesis is about interregional import,</p><p>as well as the strong spatial concentration of imports in the Swedish system of network.</p><p>Five hypothesises are presented in the last section of chapter two. The variables to be used</p><p>in the analysis are then divided into two main groups, before empirically tested in different</p><p>combinations of regression models.</p><p>The main conclusion of this thesis is a significant correlation between import, and the two</p><p>independent variables export and firm R&D, and its result goes in line with the theoretical</p><p>framework of this thesis, regional specialisation in import and export nodes.</p>

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This thesis studies the cyclical aspect of job polarization in Europe. Contributions include offering a comparison to the findings of previous research on the United States, and extending the analysis by introducing labor market institutions. The analysis is done in two parts, first showing that the observed link between job polarization and jobless recoveries in the US is observed in Europe, but not across all countries and business cycles. In Scandinavia, the process of job polarization appears smoother than the spurts observed in the US. The second part involves regression analyses of the relationship between labor market institutions, the business cycle and occupational employment. The results indicate that stricter labor market institutions are less robustly associated with Routine employment than other occupational groups and that Routine employment is more sensitive to the business cycle than other types of employment. Further, rigid labor market institutions may prevent some of the Routine decline associated with economic downturns, while not necessarily affecting the long run employment. Limitations of the analysis regards rough estimates of the key variables, number of observations and the lack of identification associated with cross-country analyses.

<P align="justify">En Belgique, 85% des chômeurs sont affiliés à une organisation syndicale. Cette situation inhabituelle est principalement due à la fonction d’organisme de paiement des allocations de chômage que remplissent les trois syndicats interprofessionnels. L’objet de la thèse est d’examiner les origines de la relation particulière qui découle de cet état de fait et de questionner ses implications tout à la fois pour les syndicats et pour les chômeurs.</P> <P align="justify">Les développements théoriques se penchent sur le mode de fonctionnement et sur les déterminants de l’action des organisations syndicales, sur les causes du chômage et ses conséquences pour les travailleurs salariés et leurs organisations, ainsi que sur les obstacles et les incitants à l’action collective contestataire des sans-emploi.</P> <P align="justify">Ces outils d’analyse sont ensuite utilisés pour examiner, depuis l’origine des organisations syndicales contemporaines et de l’indemnisation du chômage, au XIXe siècle, jusqu’à la réforme du mode de contrôle des chômeurs en 2004, les fondements et l’évolution de la relation que les syndicats belges entretiennent avec les questions de l’emploi et du chômage d’une part, avec les chômeurs d’autre part.</P> <BR> <P align="justify"><i>In Belgium, 85% of the unemployed are unionised. This peculiar situation is mainly related to the specific position of the trade unions, as the jobless can choose to receive their benefits through the intervention of one of the three national unions. The Ph.D. dissertation aims at examining the origins of that specific relationship and its implications on both the trade unions and the unemployed.</P> <P align="justify">The theoretical part explores the features of union action and functioning, the causes of unemployment and its consequences for the workers and their organisations, as well as the impediments and impetus to the contentious mobilisation of the unemployed.</P> <P align="justify">Based on that theoretical framework, the Ph.D. dissertation then examines the origins and the evolution from the 19th century till 2004 of the union positions on the issues of employment and unemployment on the one hand, and their links with the jobless on the other.</i></P>