Essays about: "Occupational status"
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21. Immigrant Occupational Mobility and the Role of Educational Mismatches in the Home Country: Longitudinal Evidence from Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the occupational mobility of a sample of immigrants who arrived in Sweden between 1971 and 1985. The data includes information on pre-immigration occupation and on up to four occupations in Sweden. READ MORE
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22. The Best Foot Forward : Self-Presentation and the Creation of Respectability Through Job Advertisements in the Public Press, 1800
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This study investigates how power relations were negotiated and expressed through the use of certain linguistic practices in a public context. More specifically, it looks closer at how job applicants presented themselves publically through newspaper advertisements and which discursive codes they made use of to portray themselves as reputable, desirable employees that fit into the bourgeois concept of respectability. READ MORE
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23. Family reunification - Do policies tell the whole story? The case of Ghanaian migrant parents in the UK and Netherlands
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In Europe, legal parent-child family reunifications are regulated by policies specifying the eligibility criteria that migrant parents must fulfill – two of the general conditions is having a long-term residence permit and fulfilling standardized income requirements. The emergence of transnational families – border crossing family arrangements – is often blamed on the conditions set by immigration countries. READ MORE
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24. Pre- and post-migration labour market mismatch in Sweden 1970-1990
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Labour market outcomes for immigrants in general is a well researched field, but the mechanisms behind labour market mismatches among immigrants post-migration is still in need of empirical research. Using a unique and newly compiled dataset on Swedish immigrants, also containing pre-migration occupational and educational information data, this study aims makes use of maximum likelihood models to measure the influence of an individual’s pre-migration history on the post-migration outcomes. READ MORE
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25. What factors can be identified as the cause of disempowerment and empowerment in Palestine? : A descriptive analysis using Friedmann’s (dis)empowerment model.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze cause of disempowerment for the population of Palestine. The design of the research took the shape of a descriptive case study and the method used to fulfill the purpose was a qualitative text analysis. READ MORE