Essays about: "ethnic capital"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 54 essays containing the words ethnic capital.

  1. 6. Immigrant entrepreneurship : the case of Lithuanian immigrant entrepreneursin rural East of England

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Tomas Jankus; [2021]
    Keywords : immigrant entrepreneurship; rural; mixed embeddedness; migration; business; co-ethnics; entrepreneurs;

    Abstract : The interplay of migration and entrepreneurship has been shifted to a significant research area by the continuous increase of immigrants as a share in the population of countries, that are considered to be having a high attractiveness towards migrants. The United Kingdom has been pronounced as one of the countries receiving the biggest flows of immigrants. READ MORE

  3. 7. Exploring the entrepreneurial barriers and coping strategies of highly academically skilled immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden: ethnic minority perspectives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hannah Barker; Karl Yves Vallin; [2021]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurial barrier; Entrepreneurial Coping Strategy; Highly Academically skilled Immigrant Ethnic Minority Entrepreneur; Highly Academically skilled Entrepreneur; Immigrant Entrepreneur; Ethnic Minority Entrepreneur; Mixed Embeddedness Theoretical Framework; Social Embeddedness; Political-Institutional Embeddedness; Economic Embeddedness; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the entrepreneurial barriers and entrepreneurial coping strategies that highly academically skilled ethnic minority entrepreneurs [EMEs] experience in operating a start-up in Sweden. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 10 participants to support the inductive nature of this study and to better understand the entrepreneurial experiences of this population group. READ MORE

  4. 8. Swedish and Greek Teachers’ Perceptions of their Role in Heritage Language Education

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Eirini Akavalou; [2020]
    Keywords : Heritage language; heritage language education; heritage language teachers; language maintenance; ethnic identity; ethnolinguistic vitality; sociolinguistics; Greek; Swedish.;

    Abstract : Migration flows have created various educational needs worldwide. One such is HeritageLanguage Education as people claim their right to connect with their cultural, traditional,religious and linguistic background while they reside abroad. Ethnic communities haveestablished settings in which they aim to sustain their ethnolinguistic capital. READ MORE

  5. 9. Veiled Muslim women´s position and situation in the Swedish labor market: A socio-legal study on potential marginalizing structures within the Swedish labor market, and the role of law in facilitating the continued reproduction of these

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sarah Tegborg; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Previous research illustrates that Muslim minorities struggle to establish themselves in the European labor market. Veiled Muslim women appear to be a particularly disadvantaged group. Research regarding veiled Muslim women’s position and situation in the Swedish labor market is almost nonexistent. This study attempted to fill this knowledge gap. READ MORE

  6. 10. Human and Ethnic capital : The labor market performance of first-, second-, and third generation male immigrants in Sweden

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

    Author : Mirza Omer; Mathias Svensson; [2019]
    Keywords : ethnic capital; human capital; earnings; years of schooling; generations;

    Abstract : This essay studies the earnings, human and ethnic capital of immigrants in Sweden and how its transmitted across generations. it focuses on the first-, second-, and third-generation immigrants, were the results indicates that there are differences regarding earnings relative to natives between the generations and how the ethnic-, and human-capital is transmitted across generations. READ MORE