Essays about: "long-term unemployed"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words long-term unemployed.

  1. 1. The Long-term Effect of Macro Shocks at Labor Market Entry: Evidence from Taiwan

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Yunyi Jin; [2022]
    Keywords : Recession; Long-term effect; Labor market conditions;

    Abstract : The hit of the pandemic brought out an increasing unemployment rate in the labor market. Young workers coming of age are hugely influenced when going through the school-to-work transition, an early life stage impacting future careers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gamification for the long-term unemployed youth : Digital concept ideas for increasing motivation in the Swedish Welfare System

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Joanna Nieznaj; [2021]
    Keywords : Gamification; motivation; long-term unemployed; self-determination theory; employability;

    Abstract : Young unemployed individuals have often been struggling from an early age with disabilities or unfortunate circumstances, which makes their journey to employability unique. It is crucial that the individuals stay motivated to change and overcome hardship on their road to self-sufficiency. READ MORE

  4. 3. What Happened to Louisiana? A Case Study on the Economic Growth Effects of Hurricane Katrina

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Moa Belaieff Kronborg; John Wernsten; [2021]
    Keywords : Hurricane Katrina; Natural disasters; Economic growth; Transmission channels; Labour;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the short-run and long-run effects of Hurricane Katrina on state-level economic growth in Louisiana. To provide explanatory value for any findings, the paper additionally includes an analysis of Katrina's effects on possible transmission channels to economic growth, including residential population, labour, and physical capital. READ MORE

  5. 4. Work or Shirk : Finding the optimal enforced effort in activation and evaluating the job stimulus for social benefit recipients, by introducing effective leisure in a labor supply model

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

    Author : Oliver Rosengren; [2021]
    Keywords : Labor supply; benefits; social assistance; social benefits; job stimulus; earnings disregard; extensive margin; employment; shirking; effort; Arbetsutbud; bidrag; socialtjänst; ekonomiskt bistånd; socialbidrag; försörjningsstöd; jobbstimulans; ansträngning; sysselsättning; extensiva marginalen;

    Abstract : Social benefits were forecasted to increase by 13 percent to 2022 before the pandemic hit the economy (Prop. 2018/19:1). In the latest forecast it has almost doubled: an increase of 24 percent to 2022 (Prop. 2020/21:1). READ MORE

  6. 5. Overcoming a financial crisis : A study of which factors predicts the impact of a rapid economic change

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Arvid Artman; [2020]
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    Abstract : This paper investigates which factors best predict the economic state of a Swedish municipality after the 2008 crisis by constructing a linear model that regresses the change in the unemployment rate on a set of variables. The variables used for the model were from a dataset put together using data from a government service and were selected for the model using Bayesian information criterion. READ MORE