Essays about: "labour reform"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 47 essays containing the words labour reform.

  1. 16. The Chinese dream, a migrant’s nightmare?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Youri ten Hoeve; [2020]
    Keywords : Internal migration; quality of employment; Hukou system; labour reform; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to uncover whether having a long-term or permanent contract improves the quality of employment of internal migrants in China. The focus lies specifically on the labour reforms in 2008, which will be analysed using a differences-in-differences approach. READ MORE

  3. 17. To What Extent Does Employment Protection Legislation Impact the In-work Poverty of Non-EU Born Workers?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Cyrille Francisco Conceicao; [2020]
    Keywords : In-work poverty; Employment Protection Legislation; Migrants; Insiders-Outsiders; Precarious Employment; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Labour market integration of migrants is key for inclusive societies. Employment protection Legislation (EPL) provides the institutional foundations to facilitate such integration. While the effect of EPL on migrant’s employment is well studied, migrant’s in-work poverty has been relatively overlooked by the academic literature. READ MORE

  4. 18. The spill-over effects of Germany’s first federal minimum wage

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Eric Nordqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : minimum wage; spill-over effects; hourly wage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates whether individuals who earn marginally above a minimum wage are experiencing spill-over effects as a result of its implementation, adjustment and existence. It focuses on Germany’s federal statutory minimum wage regime that was introduces in 2015 and later adjusted in 2017, through the experiences of individuals who earned 100% to 110% of the new wage floor in 2014. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Swedish payroll tax reduction for young workers : - A study of effects found using publicly available aggregated (macro) data

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Balder Bergström; [2019]
    Keywords : Payroll tax reduction; labor economics; labour economics; aggregated data; synthetic control method; arbetsgivaravgifter; arbetsmarknadsekonomi;

    Abstract : In 2007, the Swedish payroll tax was reduced for youths in an attempt to suppress the perceived high unemployment among Swedish youths. The reform was rolled back later in 2016. For this period there is a rich supply of publicly available aggregated (macro) data. READ MORE

  6. 20. Investing in Future Generations: Global Cocoa Price shocks and their impact upon School Attendance and Child Employment Rates in Ghana, 1987-1991

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Raoul Herbert; [2019]
    Keywords : Ghana; Cocoa; Economic History; Commodity Shocks; Child Outcomes; Child Labour; Schooling; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper looks into the responses of cocoa farming households to a negative shock in the global cocoa price with regards to how they invest into the future of their children. The specific child outcomes of focus are child employment rates, school attendance, and household expenditure on schooling and related activities. READ MORE