Essays about: "underemployment"
Found 5 essays containing the word underemployment.
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1. More money for less work – or more work for less money? : Microfinance in the context of poverty and extreme working hours in the Kenyan informal economy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The Sub-Saharan African informal economy is often characterised by underemployment where workers spend countless hours earning bare minimum. This study investigates the impact of microfinance participation on earnings, time spent on market work, household work and leisure among women in the informal economy in Kenya. READ MORE
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2. SKILLED MIGRANT SITUATION ON THE LABOUR MARKET : How do the Difficulties to Find a Job in Their Professional Field Affect The Job Search Motivation for Skilled Migrants?
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : This thesis describes the current situation on the Swedish labour market as many skilledmigrants have problems to find a relevant job. It explains the barriers for employment, aswell as the support mechanisms used to help the integration on the labour market. READ MORE
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3. Labour Shortages in China’s Dual-Sector Economy: Has the world’s workshop exhausted its comparative advantage – people?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : In 2004, acute labour shortages were first observed in labour-intensive export-processing sectors in China’s coastal provinces. Paired with rising wages in rural and urban areas, many economists have claimed China has reached its Lewis Turning Point of economic development. READ MORE
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4. Employment as a Route Out of Poverty - Exploring the Role of Social Capital
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis aims to explore, in an in-depth manner, the linkages between economic growth, employment creation and social capital, and how their interaction can provide a way out of poverty for individuals and households, societies and nations. This study points out employment as the key link between growth and poverty reduction. READ MORE
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5. From clothing to productive rice: Do the migration and spending patterns of Cambodian garment workers show signs of a trickle-down effect?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Cambodia suffers from a large rural-urban gap. Given agricultural underemployment a Lewisian perspective on economic growth can be applied, with the secondary sector being the garment industry in Phnom Penh. It provides employment and domestically high wages to a quarter of a million rural women who remit large shares to their families. READ MORE