Essays about: "Low-skilled labor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Low-skilled labor.

  1. 1. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does Work Sharing Work? A Two-Step Analysis on the French Work Time Reduction Experience Using Macro and Micro Data

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Shannon Felländer Tsai; Valter Frankenberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Work Sharing; Work Time Reduction; Employment; Counterfactual Prediction; Synthetic Control;

    Abstract : Hours per worker have steadily declined since the Industrial Revolution, which can partly be attributed to work time reduction policies. In recent years the debate and proposals of such policies have become increasingly popular. READ MORE

  4. 3. Temporary Agency Workers are Committed Despite Simple Tasks and Low-Status Work

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Simone Renz; Rebecca Wetterberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Temporary agency worker TAW ; temporary agency; organizational commitment; sense of belonging; personal development.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Temporary agency work is an ongoing trend that has been growing largely in the recent years. It is defined by a triangular relationship between temporary agency workers (TAWs), temporary agency, and clients. Furthermore, it is associated with low status and low-skilled job tasks. READ MORE

  5. 4. European Natives’ Attitudes Towards High-Skilled and Low-Skilled Immigrants: Evidence from the European Social Survey

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Abel Tefera; [2018-07-03]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper aims to test whether the labor market competition channel and fiscal burden channel can explain European natives’ attitudes towards high- and low-skilled immigrants. It addresses the limitations of the existing literature by utilizing the rich data of the seventh round of the European Social Survey (ESS). READ MORE

  6. 5. Improved integration of female refugees? : - An evaluation of the Establishment reform

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Alma Wennemo Lanninger; [2016]
    Keywords : immigrants; gender; integration policies; double disadvantages;

    Abstract : It may take several years for a refugee in Sweden to establish on the labor market. The slow establishment is particularly problematic for female refugees. Compared to men, low-skilled women and women with young children experience major disadvantages. READ MORE