Essays about: "unemployment background study"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words unemployment background study.

  1. 1. The New Trade Union Model: A Strategic Action Field Approach to the Trade Union Organization of Umbrella Company Workers in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Moser Uppström; [2023]
    Keywords : Trade unions; Solo self-employment; Umbrella companies; Strategic action fields; Collective actors; Industrial relations; Umbrella company workers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses a new trade union model for umbrella company workers and the changes in the field of trade unions in Sweden. By conceptualizing trade unions as collective actors within strategic action fields I describe and explain how a small independent trade union and challenger in the field, Säljarnas Riksförbund, has managed to construct a new trade union model for umbrella company workers that differs from the traditional model used by the incumbent Unionen, the largest trade union in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Full-Time Activation Programs: Driving Productivity or Promoting Self-Sorting?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Arian Mosaddegh; [2023]
    Keywords : Full-time Activation Programs; Difference-in-Differences; Workfare; Welfare Dependency; Unemployment Rate; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study investigates the impacts of full-time activation programs on unemployment and welfare dependency rates in Swedish municipalities. With a policy proposal by the current government to make full-time activation mandatory for welfare eligibility, this research examines the underlying perspectives of such programs and their effectiveness in integrating the unemployed into the labor market. READ MORE

  4. 3. Investigating the determinants of self-rated mental health among physically disabled adults: a cross-sectional study using survey data from Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Sarah Yusuf Ibrahim; [2022]
    Keywords : Disabilty; Physical health; Mental health; Socioeconomics; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract Background: Disability affects 15% of the world's population, and around 80% of people with disabilities are from low-middle-income countries (LMIC). According to the BangladeshFinal Report on Household Income and Expenditure Survey in 2016, Bangladesh hasapproximately 11.4 million people living with disabilities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sowing the Seeds of Entrepreneurial Influence : A Study of Network Mobilization Within the Technology Ecosystem in Kenya

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Tamara Schmoll; Lisa Östberg; [2022]
    Keywords : entrepreneurial ecosystems; Kenya; network mobilization; technology ecosystems;

    Abstract : Background: Previous research has shown that entrepreneurship can foster regional development in countries as Kenya, that struggle with unemployment and a stagnating GDP. However, the topic of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Kenya, its configuration of actors, and the networks between them is insufficiently studied. READ MORE

  6. 5. Finnish Governmentality Investigated : Comparison of the Labor Market Policies in Two Government Programs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Pia Vähämaa; [2021]
    Keywords : Governmentality; Neoliberalization; Power; Unemployment; Welfare; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This comparative document analysis looks at the governmentality of the Finnish labor market policies (LMP’s). This study compares Sipilä’s and Marin’s government programs to see if there are differences. The focus is on depicting neoliberalization and power relations in the policies while investigating the framing of unemployment. READ MORE