Search for dissertations about: "changing labour market"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words changing labour market.

  2. 1. Health changes in a market changing labour market

    Author : Hugo Westerlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Personnel Downsizing; Personnel Expansion; Labour market exit; Labour market programme; Unemployment; Occupational Health; Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; Sick Leave statistics numerical data; Hospitalization statistics numerical data; Triglycerides; Cholesterol; Fibrinogen; Prolactin; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; Blood pressure; Stress; Psychological metabolism; Sweden.;

    Abstract : The late 20th century saw major changes in working life across the world. In Sweden, the changes on the labour market had a very strong impact in the early years of the 1990s. READ MORE

  4. 2. Workers and Occupations in a Changing Labour Market : The Heterogeneous Effects of Mass Layoffs and Social Safety Nets

    Author : Yaroslav Yakymovych; Stefan Eriksson; Adrian Adermon; Georg Graetz; Michael Lechner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Structural change; Mass layoffs; Sickness absence; Causal forest; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: Sickness insurance guarantees employees the right to take leave from work when they are sick, but is vulnerable to excessive use. This paper studies which workers react to changes in monitoring by physicians in a large-scale randomised experiment. READ MORE

  5. 3. Employability perceptions : Nature, determinants, and implications for health and well-being

    Author : Erik Berntson; Magnus Sverke; Staffan Marklund; Jan Johansson Hanse; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employability; employability perceptions; flexibility; individualisation; changing labour market; self-evaluation; self-efficacy; dual labour market; human capital; health; well-being; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : The general aim of the present thesis is to increase our understanding of perceived employability. Employability perceptions refer to individuals’ beliefs about their possibilities of finding new, equal, or better employment. READ MORE

  6. 4. Attitudes towards starting small business : youth and local authorities in a changing labour market?

    Author : Sara Cervantes; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial Work Environment; Industriell produktionsmiljö;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the extent to which a local authority can change the attitudes of its youth, away from public sector employment to the development of small business, through education. Traditionally the region of Norrbotten has favoured the public sector. READ MORE

  7. 5. Ageing in a changing society : Elderly men and women in urban Sweden 1830-1930

    Author : Ann-Kristin Högman; Lars-Göran Tedebrand; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; demography; family; gender; labour force participation; living arrangements; modernisation; Norrköping; old age; poor relief; Stockholm; Sundsvall; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande; Social welfare social pedagogics; Social omsorg socialpedagogik; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; caring sciences in social sciences; omvårdnadsforskning med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning;

    Abstract : This study deals with the impact of industrialisation and urbanisation on the living conditions of aged men and women. By studying labour force participation, savings and pensions, the role of the family, and the extent of dependency of aged men and women from a gender and class perspective, continuities and changes between pre-industrial and industrial times are examined. READ MORE