Essays about: "Labor Market Economics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 104 essays containing the words Labor Market Economics.

  1. 21. Foregin Direct Investment and competition from low wage countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Friis-Jespersen; [2021]
    Keywords : FDI; MNE; laborcost; wage; low-wage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Foregin Direct Investment, FDI is often seen to be an important factor to economic growth across the globe. It gives Multinational Enterprises the opportunity to come closer to their customers, but also a chance to achieve economies of scale. READ MORE

  3. 22. An Academic Degree - What Is It Good For? Using matching to investigate sheepskin effects in Chile

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sofia Hänninger; Nils Wägmark; [2021]
    Keywords : sheepskin effects; signaling; educational economics; higher education; labor markets;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate signaling in higher education by looking at if Chilean students who receive their diploma earn more money than non-graduated students who share all other characteristics. We furthermore looked at how these signaling effects, also called sheepskin effects, develop over time. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE

  5. 24. A Game of Loss: The Cost of Non- integration of People with Disabilities in the Jordanian Labor Market.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mariana Martins Cardoso; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Jordan is a nation marked by an everchanging growing population primarily derived from its geographical position and relative political stability compared to its neighbouring countries, making it one of the primary recipients of refugees in the region. Population increases were marked by a vast boost in the number of disabled individuals in the country, especially individuals of working age, to the point where in 2015, this value accrued to 13%. READ MORE

  6. 25. Why retire? Socioeconomic status and retirement reason in three different European welfare regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Norrestad; [2021]
    Keywords : retirement; socioeconomic status; welfare state regimes; Europe; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Policy makers in most European countries have in recent decades reformed their pension systems with the aim of increasing labor market participation among older workers to solve the problem of an ageing population. The question arises whether delayed retirement is a sustainable solution or if it comes at the cost of certain groups in society. READ MORE