Essays about: "formal labour market"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words formal labour market.

1. 1. Syrian Refugees in Turkey: An Analysis of Role of the Labour Exploitation in their Integration into the Labour Market

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Şebnem Çerçel; [2023-02-14]
   Keywords : Labour exploitation; vulnerability; consent; control; coercion; Syrian refugees; Turkish labour market; integration;

   Abstract : This study investigates the role of labour exploitation in the integration of Syrian refugees into the Turkish labour market. Vulnerability, control, and consent are key elements in shaping labour exploitation. Informal employment among Syrian refugees is common both within the formal and informal sectors, which makes the line between them blurry. READ MORE

3. 2. The Effect of Free Elderly Personal Care on Informal Caregiving and Labour Market Participation: Revisiting the Scottish Reform

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Tilman Friedrich Bretschneider; Joel Cheung; [2023]
   Keywords : Informal Care; Labour Supply; Difference-in-differences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : We revisit the Scottish care reform of 2002 to estimate the effect of free formal personal care for the elderly on informal caregiving and labour market participation using a difference-in-differences approach. We find that previous studies’ results suffer from bias due to violations of identifying assumptions. READ MORE

4. 3. AFGHAN WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE SWEDISH LABOUR MARKET

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mohammad Anil Rasah; [2022-02-11]
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   Abstract : Discrimination matters; this study addresses an old yet existing social problem in the Swedish labour market. Most refugees who came to Sweden are highly educated but face many challenges that problematized their employability, as well as facing employer’s prejudice, especially those who are Muslim. READ MORE

5. 4. With a Little Help from my Networks : Connecting Graduates to Jobs in Kenya

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Meike Wagner; [2021]
   Keywords : Social networks; graduates; Kenya; recruitment processes; job search strategies;

   Abstract : After school, Kenyan graduates struggle in a labour market that does not offer enough employment opportunities. Some graduates search for years, get disillusioned, and give up ever finding formal employment. Some find jobs, but not necessarily in the field of their profession, and possibly below their qualification. READ MORE

6. 5. Empowering or burdening women? Assessing precariousness of vocationally trained women in Nepal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Raj Kharel; [2021]
   Keywords : Closure; Precariousness; Exclusion; Postcolonial Feminism; Gender-stereotyped occupations; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Amidst the paradox concerning the role of gender-stereotyped vocational training programmes in empowering women, this research makes a qualitative study of the training and post-training experiences of women graduating from two so-called women friendly vocational training programs – tailoring and beautician. 12 beauticians and 7 tailors have contributed as interview participants in this research, and the data thus gathered have been analysed from theoretical perspectives of Closure Theory, Precariousness and Postcolonial Feminist Theory. READ MORE