Essays about: "labour migrants"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 76 essays containing the words labour migrants.

  1. 36. A Matter of Gendered Investment: Impacts of Internal Migration on Child Education in Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Paul Philipp Lambert Berbée; [2017]
    Keywords : Internal migration; Parental absence; Human capital investment; Gender; Intra-household bargaining; Social Mobility; Migrant Selectivity; Fixed effects; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study evaluates investments in education and schooling outcomes of children in households that engage in internal migration. Using panel data from Indonesia, community and household fixed effects are employed to account for unobserved heterogeneity and self-selection of migrants. READ MORE

  3. 37. Where responsibilities end: Migrant labour and CSR in a Russian supply chain

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Victor Mackenhauer Olsen; [2016-09-13]
    Keywords : CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; migration; trajectories; facilitation; social issues; Moscow;

    Abstract : Multinational corporations enforce their CSR-policies upon workers in their supply chain. These policies should protect the workers from issues arising from interaction with the corporation, however the impact and purview of CSR is limited. A group of workers particularly vulnerable when CSR fails to tackle social issues are migrant workers. READ MORE

  4. 38. Thai migration flows to Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Yang Chen; [2016]
    Keywords : Thai migration; Thai migrants; marriage migration; berry picking; informal berry pickers;

    Abstract : Along with the increasing economic and trade links, cultural exchange and tourism activities between the two countries, migration from Thailand to Sweden has been rapidly growing over the last decade (Webster & Haandrikman, 2014). There are manifold reasons that contribute to the migration to Sweden by many Thais, the most common and significant ones are marriage migration and berry picking (labour migration) (Hedberg, 2015). READ MORE

  5. 39. Migrants' Destination Choice: The Effect of Education

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Kristina Warg; Moa Bylund; [2016]
    Keywords : High-Skilled Migration; Human Capital; Selective Immgration; International migration;

    Abstract : The excess demand of highly educated workers stands in contrast to the disproportional representation of low skilled workers in unemployment rates. Skill-level compositions of immigrant flows play a pivotal role in stimulating investments and economic growth. READ MORE

  6. 40. The Right to Adequate Housing for Vulnerable EU Citizens in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Grundberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Public international law; EU law: Human rights; Free movement; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sweden has seen an increased number of homeless EU citizens over the last years. There is no consensus among Swedish municipalities on how to handle the issue of housing for vulnerable EU citizens. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the right to housing and why vulnerable EU citizens cannot access the right. READ MORE