Blar i NHH Brage på forfatter "Kunze, Astrid"
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Kjønnskvoter i styret i et kjønnssegregert arbeidsmarked
Feldt, Kari; Jensen, Rebeca (Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med denne utredningen har vært å undersøke om et kjønnssegregert arbeidsmarked kan ha påvirket mulige effekter lov om kjønnskvoter har hatt på lønnsomhet i norske allmennaksjeselskap. Studien ønsker spesielt å ... -
Kvinner og karriere : en kvantitativ studie av tre europeiske land
Jensen, Anne Bjelland; Johannessen, Ingeborg Herland (Master thesis, 2016)Innen forskning har interessen for kvinner i arbeidslivet økt de seneste årene. Kvinner har blitt en stadig større del av arbeidsstyrken, og følgelig har karriere blitt en sentral del av deres liv. I denne masterutredningen ... -
Leilighetsnormens effekt på boligprisene : En empirisk studie av hvordan leilighetsnormen En empirisk studie av hvordan leilighetsnormen fra 2007
Harnes, Frederik Koss; Buttedahl, Peder Thorsnes (Master thesis, 2023)Boligprisene i Oslo har de siste årene økt betydelig, og gjort det stadig vanskeligere å etablere seg på boligmarkedet. For å redusere prisveksten, spesielt på mindre leiligheter, er ett av forslagene å fjerne leilighetsnormen ... -
Life-cycle patterns in male/female differences in job search
Kunze, Astrid; Troske, Kenneth R. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-01)We investigate whether women search longer for a job than men and whether these differences change over the life cycle. Our empirical analysis exploits German register data on highly attached displaced workers. We apply ... -
Lønnsomhet blant norske bilforhandlere etter introduksjonen av elbiler : en empirisk studie av hvordan en økning i andel elbiler har påvirket lønnsomheten til bilforhandlere i Norge.
Hestenes, Kristian; Thorsen, Peder (Master thesis, 2020)Formålet med denne avhandlingen er å undersøke hvordan det økte elbilsalget i perioden 2008 – 2016 har påvirket lønnsomheten til bilforhandlerne i Norge. Videre ønsket vi å undersøke hvordan elbilsalget påvirket markedet ... -
The Mediating Effect of Innovation on the Relationship Between Gender Diversity and Financial Performance : Empirical evidence from listed Nordic companies in 2000-2022
Eiduks, Kārlis; Owsik, Aleksandra (Master thesis, 2023)This paper explores the intricate relationship between boardroom gender diversity and firm performance. Aiming to establish a causal pattern of how female board members could affect firm performance, we propose innovation ... -
Parental leave and maternal employment
Kunze, Astrid (SAM DP;01/2022, Working paper, 2022-01-19)Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and career prospects of women. Parental leave systems typically provide either short unpaid leave mandated ... -
Supporting high-tech female entrepreneurs through incubators and accelerators : an evaluative study
Hinzmann, Michael (Master thesis, 2020)Given the massive underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship and the tech sector as well as the challenges female entrepreneurs are frequently cited to face, this thesis evaluates how effectively business incubators ... -
The differences in the impact of management practices on firm performance between SMEs and large enterprises : a study of three countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Lindsköld, Gabriella; Talwar, Shagun (Master thesis, 2018)Over the last few years, softer firm values like management have gained importance in academia, research and practice. It has been shown, contrary to what was previously believed, that the quality of management practices ... -
The family gap in career progression
Kunze, Astrid (Discussion paper;29/14, Working paper, 2014-08)This study investigates whether and when during the life cycle women fall behind in terms of career progression because of children. We use 1987-1997 Norwegian panel data that contain information on individuals’ position ... -
The gender wage gap in developed countries
Kunze, Astrid (DP SAM;09/2017, Working paper, 2017)Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with ... -
The impact of foreign-born CEOs and female CEOs on LGBT-friendly HR policies and firm performance : evidence from Fortune 500 Corporations 2008-2017
Yan, Zhaoyi (Master thesis, 2018)This study examines the relationship between whether a CEO is foreign-born or female and a series of organizational outcomes, including LGBT-friendly human resources policies and firm financial performance. For the ... -
Types of absence from work and wages of young workers with apprenticeship training.
Kunze, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This paper explores the short-and long-term effects on wages of absence from work for young highly attached skilled male and female workers in West Germany. The analysis distinguishes different types of career absence: ... -
(U)lik lønn for samme arbeid? En empirisk studie av lønnsforskjellene mellom kvinnelige og mannlige økonomer i Norge
Sanner, Sigrid Barstad; Brakstad, Ingrid Cecilie (Master thesis, 2022)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å studere lønnsforskjellene mellom kvinnelige og mannlige siviløkonomer i Norge. Med det utgangspunkt undersøker vi størrelsen på lønnsgapet, hvordan det utvikler seg gjennom karriereløpet ... -
Uncertainty in real estate development : a real options framework
Blytt, Kevin Alexander Nilssen; Vabø, Håvard (Master thesis, 2016)We develop a real options framework to facilitate optimal decision making and valuation for local real estate development projects in Bergen. With uncertain time to completion, the investor must continuously trade off the ... -
Universal Childcare for the Youngest and the Maternal Labour Supply
Kunze, Astrid; Liu, Xingfei (DP SAM;03/2019, Working paper, 2019-02)In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit ... -
Vocational training and gender : wages and occupational mobility among young workers
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kunze, Astrid (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005-08)This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. ... -
Wage dips and drops around first birth
Kunze, Astrid; Ejrnæs, Mette (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-01)We use a rich longitudinal data set for West Germany to disentangle the wage effects for female workers around first birth. Data on daily real wages reveal a dip in women’s real wages shortly before giving birth and a ... -
Women Helping Women? Evidence from Private Sector Data on Workplace Hierarchies
Kunze, Astrid; Miller, Amalia R. (Discussion paper;14/15, Working paper, 2015-06)This paper studies gender spillovers in career advancement using 11 years of employer-employee matched data on the population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include ... -
Women’s choices of STEM degrees and careers : a comparison of Norway and UK
Nordpoll, Aashild Jekteberg (Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this thesis is to answer the two research questions whether more women in Norway choose STEM degrees and careers than in the UK, and why do we observe gender differences in the choices of STEM degrees and ...