Essays about: "labor mobility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words labor mobility.

  1. 1. Large-Scale Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development: A Synthetic Control Analysis of the Øresund Fixed Link

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Hanna Larsson; Gabriel Ehrnst Grundin; [2023]
    Keywords : cross-border infrastructure; Øresund Bridge; Denmark; Sweden; synthetic control method;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the regional economic effects of the Øresund Bridge across the Denmark-Sweden border. Using macroeconomic data over the period 1980-2019, we employ the synthetic control method to estimate the effects of the bridge on three economic outcomes in the regions linked by it. READ MORE

  3. 2. “I Belong Nowhere”:Identity Construction and Othering Experience of Second-Generation Immigrants in Japan

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Sota Ohata; [2023]
    Keywords : Second-generation immigrants; Immigrants; Refugees; Migrant Education; Othering; Identity Construction; Narrative Inquiry; Biographical Methods; Japan;

    Abstract : The increase in international mobility driven by globalization has led to a profound impact on education worldwide, as evidenced by a 26% rise in the number of school-aged children with migrant and refugee backgrounds since 2000. This global trend has presented challenges for educational institutions in both countries with traditionally high immigrant populations and those previously considered homogeneous. READ MORE

  4. 3. Regional Migrant Workers in Thailand: Precarity and Resistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : My Stenquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent decades, Thailand's economy has grown significantly and in one generation the country has gone from being classified as a low-income country to an upper-middle-income country. Combined with an ageing population, this has created labour shortages particularly in sectors with many low-skilled jobs, such as fishing, agriculture and manufacturing. READ MORE

  5. 4. The effect of ethnic segregation on teacher mobility

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

    Author : Jacob Ganten; [2022]
    Keywords : Ethnic segregation; tipping point; qualification;

    Abstract : We examine the applicability of segregation and tipping points on the labor market of teachers to reconcile if higher levels of ethnic segregation in schools are responded to with labor movement. The main results derived from the research is that overall, there is no statistical significance that affects the sorting of teachers across schools. READ MORE

  6. 5. Trade Unions at a Crossroads : A Qualitative Case Study of Blue-Collar Trade Unions and Challenges from Labor Migration

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Charlotte Renström; [2021]
    Keywords : Trade unions; labor migration; migrant workers; collective organization; Sweden; Landsorganisationen LO ;

    Abstract : As a result of the increasing mobility of labor globally, trade unions find themselves at a crossroads. Although labor migration has become a common feature of labor markets, it poses a threat to trade unions’ collective agreements by speeding up the downward pressure on wages and employment conditions. READ MORE