Essays about: "Occupational mobility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Occupational mobility.

1. 1. Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Thailand 1997-2017

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Suphalak Bumroongkit; [2023]
   Keywords : Intergenerational Mobility; Social Mobility; Occupational Mobility; Thailand; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Inequality has been growing in Thailand, but the consequence of inequality, intergenerational social mobility has not been studied. This research aims to provide contemporary study of intergenerational occupational mobility in Thailand during 1997-2017, and provide the first time three generations mobility by employing Townsend Thai panel data. READ MORE

3. 2. It depends on herself/himself. : Parental Involvement in Education regarding Children Education in a Chinese Township High School

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Ting Huang; [2023]
   Keywords : educational expectations; educational strategies; small-town China; cultural production;

   Abstract : This thesis is the first qualitative study of parental involvement in education regarding students in one key township high school in an undeveloped small town in southern China. This thesis aims to examine parental expectations and strategies in the voices of parents. READ MORE

4. 3. The Effect of Paternal Job Loss on Intergenerational Mobility in Educational and Occupational Choice

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Oona Tuominen; [2023]
   Keywords : job loss; intergenerational mobility; occupational choice; educational attainment;

   Abstract : 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

5. 4. Heritage Matters : A Study of Social Mobility Patterns Among First and Second-Generation Immigrants in Europe

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Stevander; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Mobility; Immigration; Social Mobility Index; International Socio-Economic Index ISEI ; European Social Survey ESS ;

   Abstract : This thesis examined how the association between immigrants’ occupational origin and destination varies in 33 European countries, depending on the opportunities for social mobility in the origin country. For absolute occupational mobility, the result from an LPM regression showed that first-generation female immigrants had an increased probability of upward mobility when the origin country offered more opportunities for social mobility. READ MORE

6. 5. A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD? A social anthropological study of occupational aspirations among Swedish senior high school students

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Sanna Ranta; [2022-12-21]
   Keywords : capital theory; agency; future occupation; social mobility; high school students;

   Abstract : This study seeks to examine the future occupational aspirations of Swedish senior high school students and their possible interest in social mobility. Further, it explores the factors and strategies that these students find important when they are trying to reach their occupational aspirations. READ MORE