Essays about: "labor participation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 116 essays containing the words labor participation.

1. 1. Do Countries with Higher Female Labor Force Participation Trade More? : A structural gravity model analysis.

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet

   Author : Mikaela Similä; William Merborn; [2024]
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3. 2. THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZED CRIME ON DECENT JOBS FOR YOUTH. Evidence from Italy

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Federica Bianchi; [2023-06-20]
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   Abstract : Young people face enormous difficulties in finding decent jobs both in developed and developing countries. The estimates indicate that 68 million young people globally are looking for a job; 123 million are working but living in poverty; and 270 million are not in employment, education, or training (NEET). READ MORE

4. 3. WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY A cross-country analysis

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Moa Ringvall; [2023-04-11]
   Keywords : Gender; Environment; Women’s political empowerment; Sustainable forestry;

   Abstract : Extensive research argues that women express higher levels of concern regarding environmental degradation and are more likely to act for environmental causes. This raises the question if women’s empowerment could lead to better environmental outcomes. Some research finds that women’s political empowerment indeed has good environmental outcomes. READ MORE

5. 4. The Effects of Participation in Global Value Chains : A Study of the Effects of Participation in Intermediate Trade on the Value Added Through Services and the Relative Demand for Skilled Workers in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Maria Höijer; [2023]
   Keywords : Economics; labor economics; labor market; labor market economics; global value chain; supply chain; trade; commerce; international trade; specialization; servicification; Hecksher-Ohlin; Hecksher-Ohlin model; skilled labor; labor; labour; labor demand; labor supply; relative labor demand; wages; skill; upskill; intermediate trade; trade in value added; stolper samuelsson; stolper samuelsson theorem; servicification; factor abundance; comparative advantage; relative factor prices; fixed effects; panel data; Nationalekonomi; Arbetsmarknad; Internationell ekonomi; handel; internationell handel; Hecksher-Ohlin modellen; arbetskraftsutbud; arbetskraftsefterfrågan; servicifiering; relativ arbetskraftsefterfrågan; kompetens; värdekedjor; tillverkningsindustrin; specialisering; service; globalisering; Hecksher-Ohlin; lön; stolper samuelsson; komparativ fördel; relativpriser; paneldata; fixa effekter;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate the effects of the integration in global value chains on the specialization in the production of services and the relative demand for high-skilled labor in the Swedish manufacturing industry. The empirical model and the predictions are based on theories and findings such as the phenomenon of servicification, the Hecksher-Ohlin theorem, and the Stolper-Samuelsson theorem. READ MORE

6. 5. Gendered Division of Housework in Greece : A feminist analysis of a time use survey

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Anastasia Vogiatzi; [2023]
   Keywords : housework; Greece; time use survey; gendered division of labor; unpaid labor;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the gendered housework division in Greece based on research questions about participation by gender, chore types, and factors like age, education, and employment's influence, as well as uncovering related dynamics and trends. A quantitative analysis is employed using Greece's single time use survey conducted in 2013, which reveals substantial gender inequalities in housework division. READ MORE