Essays about: "Female Human Capital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words Female Human Capital.

1. 1. Female paid domestic work in Lima : A contemporary case study on informality and changed forms of emploment

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Inger Magnusson; [2023]
   Keywords : Feminized domestic work; forms of employment; informality; devaluation; female empowerment; autonomy and economic independence; feminist care economy and human capital theory;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis on the paid feminized domestic work is to describe the two current forms of employment of the live-inside maids and the live-outside domestic workers of paid domestic work in Lima Peru. The live-inside employment, cama adentro is the traditional form of maids living inside the household, and secondly, the live-outside employment, cama afuera, describes the working woman as an independent worker who lives outside the household. READ MORE

3. 2. Female Migrants in Search of Jobs: The Role of Social Capital in Labor Market Integration

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Lisen Löwstedt; [2022]
   Keywords : migration; integration; social capital; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The labor market integration of immigrants in general, and female migrants in particular, remains a central developmental objective for counteracting inequalities within societies across Europe. Previous studies put forth the concept of social capital, the resources linked to an individual's network of social connections, to explain immigrants’ diverging labor market trajectories. READ MORE

4. 3. Social Policy Assessment of the Gendered Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers in Argentina on Female Beneficiaries: A critical analysis of empowerment and emancipation.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Madeleine Mae Belanger; [2022]
   Keywords : empowerment; emancipation; poverty; feminisation of obligation and responsibility; conditional cash transfers; Argentina; unfavourable inclusion; human capital; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Conditional cash transfers are a popular social policy across Latin America. Often focused on investments in early childhood education and care, the social policy requires conditionalities such as educational attainment and healthcare to achieve human capital development. READ MORE

5. 4. Sectoral Gender Differences: Exploring the Swedish gender wage gap in the 21st century

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Emilia Folkesson; [2022]
   Keywords : The gender wage gap; sectoral gender segregation; the welfare state; public sector; private sector; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Globally, men tend to earn more money than women. Even in relatively gender equal countries like Sweden wage differences remain. READ MORE

6. 5. Determinants of Female Labor Supply and Female Wage Form

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Rohey Jammeh; [2021]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study investigates the factors that influence female's labour supply and their wage forms. Human capital, demographic, social, and cultural factors were used to explore their impact on female labour supply and female wage form using a multinomial logistic model. READ MORE