Essays about: "division of labor"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 59 essays containing the words division of labor.

  1. 6. DIGITAL INNOVATION MAZE : A Case Study of a X-Reality Innovation Diffusion

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Hannes Sjöström; Pavithra Sivakumar; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital Innovation; Diffusion; Layered Modular Architecture; Technological Embedding; Service-Dominant Logic;

    Abstract : Digital innovation (DI) has enabled businesses to enhance their existing market offerings by integrating digital features. Despite advanced technologies, substantial marketing efforts, and global recognition, businesses can still struggle to convince customers to adopt their digital market offering. READ MORE

  3. 7. Gender Norms, Temporal Flexibility, and Talent Misallocation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Tzu-Hsi Chen; Ziyuan Wan; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender; Time Allocation; Occupational Choice; Division of Labor; Misallocation;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 8. Economic dependence, gender, and the division of invisible household labor: A comparison study between China and Sweden on mental load

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lingzi Tang; [2023]
    Keywords : Mental Load; Invisible Household Labor; Gender Economics; Economic Dependence;

    Abstract : This study examines the association between economic dependence, gender, and invisible labor in households in China and Sweden. Survey data from 501 Chinese and 223 Swedish respondents were collected online to examine. READ MORE

  5. 9. Challenges in women's access to higher education in Pakistan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Saima Laiqat; [2022-11-25]
    Keywords : Higher Education; Women education in Pakistan; Barriers and Challenges to women education in Pakistan; Women access to higher education;

    Abstract : Aim: Women in Pakistan face many obstacles, challenges, and gender stereotypes in their educational journey. Therefore, the goal of this research is threefold: to examine the factors that female HE students identify as obstacles and hurdles they have had to overcome to establish themselves in HE; to examine what enables some women to overcome them and successfully establish themselves as HE students; and last to address what gender stereotypes female students in HE have encountered in their educational journey and how they have dealt with them. READ MORE

  6. 10. “Until I see that I have water, I am never free”: Gendered experiences of water scarcity : A case study from Gburimani, Northern Ghana

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Madeleine Nordström; Isabel Widman; [2022]
    Keywords : Water scarcity; Gender; Feminist Political Ecology; Intersectionality; Decolonial feminism; Ghana;

    Abstract : Access to water is essential for every aspect of human life. Lack of water is a huge burden for people in low- and middle-income countries, directly linked to poverty, and considered a severe violation of human rights. READ MORE