Essays about: "Youth Unemployment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 59 essays containing the words Youth Unemployment.

  1. 21. How can development programs empower women's entrepreneurship through social innovation?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Boel Axelsson; Hedda Nilsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Social Innovation; Development Programs; Entrepreneurship; Gender Transformation; Youth Economic Empowerment; Design Thinking; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Women in developing nations are facing many challenges in order to become entrepreneurs. Inequalities are common both in the working environment and the society. The unemployment among youth, in particular women, is a severe problem in many developing countries, including Uganda in East Africa. READ MORE

  3. 22. Wishing for better jobs: Understanding the mismatch between education and youth employment in Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kia Korpela; [2017]
    Keywords : developing country; Ethiopia; skills mismatch; youth unemployment; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Ethiopia is the second most populated country on the continent of Africa, with a high density of young people. Its economy remains largely based on agriculture, however, in recent years, slow structural change can be seen. Concurrently, youth education has been on the rise. READ MORE

  4. 23. Policy Changes in the Swedish Payroll Tax Rate - Implications for Youth Unemployment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Maja Andersen Tössebro; Brusewitz My; [2016-06-27]
    Keywords : payroll tax; asymmetric effects on labor; employment rate; foreign-born; retail industry;

    Abstract : In 2007 and 2009 the Swedish payroll tax rates decreased for employees under the age of 26 years. The decrease partly discontinued in 2015 and will be completely taken away in June 2016, increasing the wage costs for those employing young workers. READ MORE

  5. 24. Lower payroll taxes for young workers : Was the introduction of the payroll tax reductions for young employees an effective way to lower youth unemployment?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Carolina Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : Payroll taxes; youth unemployment; difference-in-differences; proposition 2006 07:84; proposition 2008 09:7;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effects on the unemployment rate and average income due to the payroll tax cuts for young workers in Sweden. The method that has been used is a difference-in-difference approach with two different control groups. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Impact of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors on Municipal Bond Coupon Rates

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Dimitri Yakupov; Karl Bokvist; [2016]
    Keywords : Municipal bonds; Demographic factors; Socioeconomic factors; Cost of debt; U.S. counties;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand and explain if and how demographic and socioeconomic factors affect the cost of debt for local governments, namely U.S. counties when issuing municipal bonds. By first discussing potential factors that may prove significant to financial performance, correlation analysis and model testing are made. READ MORE