Essays about: "joblessness"

Found 3 essays containing the word joblessness.

  1. 1. Labour Markets and Global Value Chain Integration: Moderating the labour market implications of trade integration in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Bente Jessen-Thiesen; [2021]
    Keywords : Global Value Chain Integration; Sub-Saharan Africa; Labour Markets; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : With the rise of international fractionalization of production, global value chain (GVC) integration has become an important pillar of economic growth strategies, especially in low- and middle-income countries during the past decades. Differentiating between backward and forward GVC integration, economic growth and upgrading potentials are well-defined, but to be sustainable growth through GVC integration needs to incorporate decent job creation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Business Cycles and Mortality Rates - Aggregate Data for the EU-15 Countries 1990-2012

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Nilsson; Anette Brose Olsen; [2015]
    Keywords : Mortality; Business Cycles; Unemployment; Fixed-effects; EU-15; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The relationship between business cycles and mortality has been a highly debated subject in the field of economics. The majority of previous studies, using the unemployment rate as the main proxy for macroeconomic conditions, have found ambiguous effects largely depending on how the effect is estimated. READ MORE

  4. 3. Redundancy duration and business alteration - Consequences of establishment closures in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Cecilia Magnergård; [2013]
    Keywords : Establishment closure; displacement; joblessness; re-employment; structural transformation;

    Abstract : This thesis follows and analyses what happens to individuals who work at establishments that are closed down. I examine if and when the displaced workers are re-employed. Furthermore, I examine to what extent individuals have moved, changed industry of work, have started to commute or have become self-employed. READ MORE