Essays about: "what is human capital theory"

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  1. 1. COVID-19 and Incentives of Higher Education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hedda Eld; [2023]
    Keywords : Higher Education; COVID-19; Incentives; Knowledge Economy; Human Capital Theory; Signaling Theory; Sheepskin Effects; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : What incentives do Swedish University students have to pursue higher education? If and how are these incentives affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? This study aims to investigate incentives of Swedish university students and possible influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on said incentives. This research is based on a qualitative survey and interviews that will contribute with nuanced reflections of the studied sample. READ MORE

  2. 2. Female paid domestic work in Lima : A contemporary case study on informality and changed forms of emploment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Inger Magnusson; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminized domestic work; forms of employment; informality; devaluation; female empowerment; autonomy and economic independence; feminist care economy and human capital theory;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis on the paid feminized domestic work is to describe the two current forms of employment of the live-inside maids and the live-outside domestic workers of paid domestic work in Lima Peru. The live-inside employment, cama adentro is the traditional form of maids living inside the household, and secondly, the live-outside employment, cama afuera, describes the working woman as an independent worker who lives outside the household. READ MORE

  3. 3. Education for refugee children : A case study on UNHCR´s strategy

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Linda Ahlman; [2022]
    Keywords : Education; primary school; UNHCR; refugee children.;

    Abstract : The subject being studied is education for refugee children. Today, there are many children that are not allowed, or have the possibility to go to school and get an education which is a failure towards children's development in relation to human rights. READ MORE

  4. 4. Academically skilled refugees’ experience of discrimination while integrating through the Danish and Swedish labor market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Sandra Fröberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Discrimination; Human Capital; Danishness and Swedishness; Labor Market policy; Immigration and Integration policies; Sweden; Denmark; Öresund; European Studies; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences; Cultural Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : From empirical material collected through semi-structured interviews, this master’s thesis is conducting a critical discourse analysis, investigating to what extent discoursive structures entails discriminatory treatments of academically skilled refugees in the integration process of entering the Danish and Swedish labor market. Academically skilled refugees and relevant caseworkers from both Denmark and Sweden have been interviewed to investigate individual experiences related to the integration process. READ MORE

  5. 5. What Determines a CEO's Impact on Financial Performance in the Swedish Commodity Industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Victor Kjellström; Otto Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : CEO factors; Financial performance; Human Capital Theory; Homogenous industries; Commodity industry;

    Abstract : Among the many factors shaping company financial performance, the CEO is arguably one of the most critical. But what is it that distinguishes one CEO's ability to produce performance from another? Being such a well-researched field, it still lacks consensus regarding which CEO factors that affect a CEO's ability to produce performance. READ MORE