Essays about: "unemployed individual"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words unemployed individual.

  1. 1. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Melina Pettersson; Julia Rönnbäck Finocchio; [2023]
    Keywords : Youth unemployment; Development; Education; Inequality; South Africa; Employability; Horizons of opportunity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of age for the relationship between unemployment and well-being : A comparative study across different welfare state regimes

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Arezo Rezvani; [2023]
    Keywords : Unemployment; social exclusion; well-being; happiness; welfare regimes; gender regimes; gender roles; Arbetslöshet; social exkludering; välbefinnande; lycka; välfärdsregimer; könsregimer; könsroller;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT  Aims:  While the relationship between unemployment and well-being is widely acknowledged, there has been little exploration of its consequences for older workers. It is also less clear whether this relationship differs between welfare states characterized by varying levels of social protection for the unemployed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Employed today, unemployed tomorrow! : Is personality characteristics associated with quantitative job insecurity among Swedish employees?

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för arbetshälsovetenskap och psykologi

    Author : Alexander Wejskog; [2023]
    Keywords : Quantitative job insecurity; Qualitative job insecurity; Personality characteristics; Employment contract; Employees;

    Abstract : The study aimed to investigate if personality characteristics were associated with quantitative job insecurity among Swedish employees. This study implemented a cross-sectional design and a total of 157 employees participated in the study. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. 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