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  1. 1. “Freedom is the greatest gift your master can give you”; Understanding a protracted emancipation process from slavery to freedom from the perspective of Mauritanian master’s

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Christine Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Labour coercion; Emancipation; Property right; Economic incentives; Capital markets; Narrative analysis; Mauritania; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Using Mauritania as a case study this thesis compares the decline of two forms of coercive labour, slavery and servitude, to understand how masters’ incentives differ depending on property right and thus affect conditions for decline. By re-analysing sociological research through an economic lens, this thesis offers a new angle on Mauritania’s emancipation process. READ MORE

  3. 2. Young voices from a precarious Japan : A qualitative study on young educated women’s experiences of their life situations and perception of the future in Japan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Lipikar Narayaem Lindman; [2021]
    Keywords : young women; precariousness; vulnerability; Japan; critical discursive psychology; interpretative repertoires; subject positions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent generations of Japanese youth face a diminished and precarious labour market and are pushed to the anxious margins of the society. Many are feeling less secure about the future and this precarisation is disproportionately affecting women. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Beveridge Curve : A comparison between the three largest labour market regions in Sweden; Stockholm-, Västra Götaland- and Skåne county and the effect of the building of the Öresund Bridge on the labour market matching efficiency of Skåne county.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Nelly Sand; [2021]
    Keywords : Beveridge curve; matching function; unemployment; vacancy; exogenous shock; Sweden; Stockholm; Västra Götaland; Skåne; county.;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the relationship between vacant job positions and unemployed workers, illustrated by the Beveridge curve, a tool for observing the matching process and the condition of a labour market. The Swedish case is studied together with its three largest labour market regions, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 4. Legal consciousness in street-level bureaucracies: A qualitative study on the legal consciousness of social workers assessing eligibility for social assistance in relation to activation requirements

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Jansson; [2020]
    Keywords : legal consciousness; street-level bureaucracy; discretion; social assistance; activation; social work; policy implementation; welfare; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Activation measures were implemented as a condition for social assistance in Sweden in the 1990s. Generally, the goal has been to promote the transition from welfare to work and to(re)integrate people dependent on social assistance into the labour market. READ MORE

  6. 5. Poverty reduction and agricultural change in Peru: the role of trade

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Raisa Maria Rubio Cordova; [2020]
    Keywords : poverty; trade; Peru; trade liberalisation; informality.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last decades Peru, one of the top performing countries in Latin America, experienced a dramatic reduction in poverty. The set of structural reforms implemented by Peru during the mid-90s included trade liberalisation which implied a drastic reduction of tariffs on highly protected sectors, and particularly, in agriculture where most poor Peruvians work, and Free Trade Agreements. READ MORE