Essays about: "mobility workers"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 47 essays containing the words mobility workers.

  1. 16. The Importance of Risk Attitudes on Job Changing Behaviour: Evidence from the Young

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Michael Möller; [2020]
    Keywords : risk aversion; GSOEP; labour mobility; wage growth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Voluntary job changes are a means to increase labour income or escape bad employer-employee matches, increasing utility eventually. Changing the employer is a decision under uncertainty and has potential long-term consequences for the worker's labour market position, especially when the decision is made during the early career. READ MORE

  3. 17. Are second-home owners a hidden recruitment resource for rural and peripheral areas?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Markus Hägglund; [2020]
    Keywords : Second-home owners and labour recruitment; second homes; business knowledge development; planning and development; migration; temporary and permanent mobility; rural and peripheral areas;

    Abstract : Skilled and educated workers are somewhat of a rarity for many rural and peripheral communities. The global migration trend where younger residents of these communities tend to leave for more populated areas leaves the communities with an older population that struggles to find new employees to replace those who retire. READ MORE

  4. 18. Occupations under threat: Estimating the impact of automation on the Swedish labour market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ludvig Holmér; [2020]
    Keywords : Labour market; Automation; Network theory; Computational economics; Agent based economics;

    Abstract : Building upon research which estimates the risk of automation for different occupational categories labour market outcomes of workers switching occupation due to automation is estimated using a data driven occupational mobility model. Models of this kind are constructed using network theory, agent based modelling and, a large data set, and have proven to be useful in analysing flows in the labour market to understand aggregate phenomena such as the Beveridge curve. READ MORE

  5. 19. "Can you help me top-up my mobile data?"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Kadesiree Thossaphonpaisan; [2019-08-08]
    Keywords : migrant domestic workers; virtual mobility; Facebook; gendered mobility; ICTs;

    Abstract : In the globalised world, it is evident that mobile phones have the potential to empower migrant workers by making them feel more connected and providing access to information and services. Additionally, connecting to the Internet means not only social connection but also collective actions. READ MORE

  6. 20. An assessment of Park & Ride in Gothenburg - A case study on the effect of Park & Ride on congestion and how to increase its attractiveness

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sélim Oucham; [2019-07-09]
    Keywords : Park Ride; commuter parking; traffic congestion; urban mobility; public transportation; Smart Cities;

    Abstract : Traffic congestion is with environmental pollution one of the main cost externalities caused by an increased usage of cars in many cities in the last decades. In many ways, traffic congestion impacts the everyday life of both drivers and citizens. READ MORE