Essays about: "Employment Agency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 essays containing the words Employment Agency.

  1. 1. “If you think that you will continue to be a cisgender company and all that stuff, you’re mistaken” Exploring the Impact of Employment Discrimination on Individuals with Trans-life Experiences: A Case Study of the GAAT Foundation in Colombia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Luis Leandro Ortega; [2023-10-26]
    Keywords : Capabilities; Colombia; Freedom; Intersectionality; Structural oppression;

    Abstract : This study examines the employment discrimination faced by individuals with trans-life experiences in Colombia. It explores the structural factors that contribute to their marginalization and aims to understand the impact of employment discrimination on their well-being and agency. READ MORE

  2. 2. Unmasking the impact: Analyzing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment : A study across the 290 municipalities in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Annamária Lodňanová; Olamide Zainab Kolawole; [2023]
    Keywords : Unemployment rate; COVID-19 affected; Labor force; Swedish municipalities; Education; Disposable income; Immigrants; Economic downturn;

    Abstract : For the past years, there has been an absence of economic crisis on a global level. The unexpected COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus led to a significant disruption in economies across the globe, followed by a decrease in economic activity. The decline in economic activity caused market shocks which eventually increased unemployment. READ MORE

  3. 3. Subsidized employment and the symbolic segmentation of internal markets: An interview study with Swedish workers on wage subsidies on navigating dual labor markets.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Alexander Fäldtman; [2023]
    Keywords : wage subsidy; dual labor market; disability; criminal record; interactionism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of the study was to complement dual labor market research by qualitatively exploring how labor market segmentations may be understood beyond sociodemographics or inequalities of job quality. By interviewing 12 Swedish workers with wage subsidies I have found that access to high job quality may facilitate trajectories towards primary market sectors, but they are only relevant so far as the workers feel that they deserve access to good jobs. READ MORE

  4. 4. Pathways to the Labour Market for Persons with Disabilities and Forced Migration Experience in Sweden and Germany

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Marjan Aslanifard; [2023]
    Keywords : Disability; forced migration; intersectionality; labour market; pathways; organisations;

    Abstract : The intersection of forced migration and disability is often overlooked, both in research, public discourse and political action. Building on the emerging literature looking at the situation in host countries and against the backdrop of the increasing focus on employment in both asylum and disability contexts, the thesis explores the access to the labour market for persons with disabilities and forced migration experience in Sweden and Germany. READ MORE

  5. 5. ‘Overcoming Hopelessness’: Asylum Seekers’ Experiences of Precarity and Empowerment in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Hugo Fritjofsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; asylum; migration; qualitative; refugees; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sweden has long been seen as a generous, inclusive provider for refugees, historically granting social rights on par with citizens shortly upon arrival. However, extensive recent academic literature has come to critique this perception, highlighting retrenchments and restrictive developments in asylum policy amid increasing precarity for asylum seekers. READ MORE