Essays about: "women employment essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words women employment essay.

  1. 1. The (Un)limited Individual in Swedish Family Politics : An in-depth analysis of an extreme-case in making us less dependent on our families

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Kristensson; [2020]
    Keywords : family politics; gender equality; parental insurance; individualization; familization;

    Abstract : In light of new social risks, such as the decline in fertility rates in large parts of the industrialised world, family policies – for example parental insurance and public childcare – appear to put increasing focus on the individual’s ability to combine labour market employment with family life. This means that individuals become less dependent on their families, conceptualised as an individualisation of policy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Giving Publishing a Bad Name : A Study of Gender Pay Gap and Gender Segregation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Hanna Kenne; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender Equality; Publishing Studies; Gender Pay Gap Report; Sticky Floors; Glass Ceilings; Gender Segregation.; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay has examined the mandatory annual gender pay gap reports published by five of the UK’s biggest publishing organisation. In 2017, a new government legislation concerning gender pay gap transparency was enforced. READ MORE

  4. 3. Working conditions and retirement : Can improved working conditions extend an individual's time on the labour market?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Noor Sedehi Zadeh; [2018]
    Keywords : Retirement age; Retirement; Working conditions; Labour market exit;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to investigate if working conditions affect the retirement age and additionally, aims to explore the differences in the effects between women and men. This study investigates this by using data of individuals living in Sweden in 2012 that were between the age of 63 and 74 (i. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bridging the integration gap : The relationship between women's employment, childcare costs and integration policies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ivar Ahlroos Källhed; [2016]
    Keywords : Integration policies; employment; women; childcare;

    Abstract : There is an unexplained gap in employment between native-born and foreign-born women in most European countries and it is not evident how it can be closed. This essay studies some possible explanations of the gap by looking at the effect of childcare costs and integration policies, through regression analysis. READ MORE

  6. 5. In Conflict with Conformity : The Protagonist’s Struggle against Victorian Institutions and Gendered Behavioral Norms in Jane Eyre

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Robin Axén; [2016]
    Keywords : Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre; behavioral norms; conformity; gender; nineteenth century; patriarchy; Victorian; Charlotte Brontë; Jane Eyre; konformitet; könsnormer; patriarkat; viktoriansk; uppförandekoder;

    Abstract : This essay examines the theme of conformity in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre. It highlights in particular the protagonist’s conflict with conformity as criticism of social inequality in terms of gender. READ MORE