Essays about: "Feminization of Employment"
Found 5 essays containing the words Feminization of Employment.
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1. Gender, migration, and work: Portuguese women in Luxembourg
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : Female migrants have long been neglected in migration studies and this paper therefore reconditions the intra-European migration of young women between the 1980s and 1990s by using the case study of Portuguese women in Luxembourg. While today’s discussion around the feminization of migration increasingly considers gender as a hidden cause of migration, earlier studies on female migration neglect this aspect. READ MORE
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2. The Future of Female is U - a cross-country study of the U-shaped relationship between economic development and female labor force participation during the time period 1991-2016
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between economic development and female labor force participation within the theoretical framework of Feminization U for 47 countries over the time period 1991 and 2016, and the effects of economic and socioeconomic factors on female labor force participation. The examination is explored through the employment of fixed effects model, and the basis for the statistical analysis is pooled panel data on the countries for the given time period. READ MORE
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3. “The Filipina is a fighter, a fighter for her rights, a fighter for her freedom to work and freedom to express herself” : An anthropological study about the feminization of migration in the Philippines
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturantropologiska avdelningenAbstract : This thesis is a result of a Minor Field Study with the purpose to examine the transnational labour migration by women in the Philippines who seek temporary employment abroad but plan to return to the Philippines after their contracts expired. The thesis is based on three months of anthropological fieldwork primarily in Manila between January and March 2013, using interviews and observations as my main methodological tool. READ MORE
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4. Bangladeshi Housewives Turning into Garment workers and Labor Activists - Challenges and Opportunities
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : The aim of this thesis has been to analyze the nature of the employment opportunities for poor women in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh, and the possibilities for these female garment workers to participate as members in labor unions. Through the use of the dual labor market theory, it attempts to shed light on the underlying factors of the rapid increase of female workers, named the ‘feminization of labor', to the garment industry. READ MORE
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5. GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE GLOBAL LABOR MARKET: A CASE STUDY ON BANGLADESHI FEMALE IMMIGRANTS IN LONDON
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The thesis aims to explore and understand gender inequality that exists in the global labour market in general and for the Bangladeshi female immigrants in particular. It emphasises feminization of employment in relation to state-market-family relations. READ MORE
