Essays about: "employment protection"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 113 essays containing the words employment protection.

  1. 21. The Impact of Public Employment on Child Labour and School Attendance: Evidence from a Social Protection Programme in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Lindström; [2021]
    Keywords : Public Employment Programme; Child Labour; School Attendance; Difference-in-Differences; Propensity Score Matching; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : To address child labour, research discusses the potential of social protection programmes. This thesis therefore examines the unresolved impact on child labour and children’s school attendance of its household members’ participation in the public employment programme MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. READ MORE

  3. 22. De(ter)mined? A Qualitative Research of Gender Mainstreaming Practices in Humanitarian Mine Action in Ukraine

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Sophia Katharina Gajan; [2021]
    Keywords : humanitarian mine action; gender mainstreaming; gender equality; explosive ordnance risk education; protection; human security; Ukraine;

    Abstract : Ukraine belongs to the most landmine contaminated countries in the world. Therefore, humanitarian mine action (HMA) is an important area of work for Ukraine’s humanitarian protection cluster. In Ukraine, landmine contamination produces gendered insecurities and vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  4. 23. Female representations on Greek media and Greek women’s (un)employment before and after the Covid-19 pandemic : Examining whether and how media gender stereotypes can affect Greek women’s development in light of a crisis.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : AFRODITI KARANTONAKI; [2021]
    Keywords : gender stereotypes; female entrepreneurship; gender discrimination; women; feminism; mass media; communication; development; Greece;

    Abstract : Women around the world face various kinds of discrimination, which vary from country to country and from culture to culture. Socio-economic crises and global emergencies can accentuate such gender inequalities being particularly detrimental to women. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE

  6. 25. OKUN’S LAW DURING THE 21ST CENTURY : A Comparison of 8 OECD Countries over a 20-year period

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Nils Gyllow; Viktor Vieweg; [2021]
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    Abstract : This paper looks at how well Okun’s law holds using recent quarterly data from 2000 to 2020 for 8 OECD countries. The dynamic version of Okun’s law is used which explores the delay and strength of the effect from changes in economic growth on the unemployment rate. READ MORE