Essays about: "Skilled labor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 essays containing the words Skilled labor.

  1. 1. Assessing The Relationship Between Social Networks And Integration In The Labour Market In Sweden: A Case Study Of Somali And Bosnian Second-Generation Immigrants In Växjö

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Bahati George; [2023]
    Keywords : integration; immigrants; social networks; social capital;

    Abstract : The integration of immigrants has been a significant area of research, focusing on aspects such as employment, housing, and education for newly arrived community members. In recent years, scholarly attention has increasingly turned toward social networks and their influence on immigrant integration into the labor market of the host country. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Participation in Global Value Chains : A Study of the Effects of Participation in Intermediate Trade on the Value Added Through Services and the Relative Demand for Skilled Workers in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Maria Höijer; [2023]
    Keywords : Economics; labor economics; labor market; labor market economics; global value chain; supply chain; trade; commerce; international trade; specialization; servicification; Hecksher-Ohlin; Hecksher-Ohlin model; skilled labor; labor; labour; labor demand; labor supply; relative labor demand; wages; skill; upskill; intermediate trade; trade in value added; stolper samuelsson; stolper samuelsson theorem; servicification; factor abundance; comparative advantage; relative factor prices; fixed effects; panel data; Nationalekonomi; Arbetsmarknad; Internationell ekonomi; handel; internationell handel; Hecksher-Ohlin modellen; arbetskraftsutbud; arbetskraftsefterfrågan; servicifiering; relativ arbetskraftsefterfrågan; kompetens; värdekedjor; tillverkningsindustrin; specialisering; service; globalisering; Hecksher-Ohlin; lön; stolper samuelsson; komparativ fördel; relativpriser; paneldata; fixa effekter;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate the effects of the integration in global value chains on the specialization in the production of services and the relative demand for high-skilled labor in the Swedish manufacturing industry. The empirical model and the predictions are based on theories and findings such as the phenomenon of servicification, the Hecksher-Ohlin theorem, and the Stolper-Samuelsson theorem. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Rise of the Quantum Computing Industry – Identifying the key barriers of adoption of QC-technology as a service

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Kent Nguyen; Johan Borg; [2023]
    Keywords : Quantum Computing technology; barriers; servitization; disruptive innovation; mitigation strategies; Kvantdatorteknologi; barriärer; servitisering; disruptiva innovationer; riskreduceringsstrategier.;

    Abstract : The future is here. New digital, disruptive innovations are changing and affecting industries across society. And the emerging Quantum Computing (QC) industry is not an exception. READ MORE

  5. 4. Education as a Double-Edge Sword: Examining the Dynamics between Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2023]
    Keywords : wage inequality; education expansion; Colombia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between education and income inequality in Colombia. Using unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) this paper examines the wage returns of different education levels at various points of the wage distribution. READ MORE

  6. 5. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE