Essays about: "Occupational Choice"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Occupational Choice.
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1. Gender Norms, Temporal Flexibility, and Talent Misallocation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : To what extent do unequal gender roles in the household affect aggregate outputs when there is temporal inflexibility in the labor market? Following Goldin (2014) and Erosa et al. (2022)'s narrative of how disproportionate rewards to long hours create a source of distortion in the labor market, we explore the aggregate effects of gender differences exacerbated by nonlinear wage structures through a static model calibrated on US labor force data. READ MORE
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2. The Effect of Paternal Job Loss on Intergenerational Mobility in Educational and Occupational Choice
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis analyses the effect of father’s job displacement on his children’s occupational and educational choices. I use Finnish administrative data covering years 1989-2020 and identify downsizing as well as closing workplaces to find exogenous job losses. READ MORE
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3. Education and Assimilation of Turkish Immigrants in Germany
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The thesis reviews research about assimilation and education of Turkish immigrants in Germany. The thesis describes Human Capital theory, multiculture and cultural hegemony and segmented assimilation model. READ MORE
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4. Female risk-assessment and career path : -A qualitative study of the role of risk, ontological security, and immanence in law students’ future occupational choices
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Gender and risk are both components of our everyday life, put in a context of occupational segregation, they become increasingly interesting. Does risk-assessment and ontological security affect occupational choices and does those aspects differ between the genders? These are some of the questions that this study aims to examine. READ MORE
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5. Product design for children with NDD diagnoses
University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)Abstract : Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) is a collective name for diagnoses such as ADHD, ASD/Autism, Tourette’s syndrome and language disorders. A child with these diagnoses has different deficits that can be divided into the following problem areas; Social interaction, Learning difficulties, Memory and motor skills, and Concentration difficulties. READ MORE