Search for dissertations about: "employment gaps"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words employment gaps.

2. 1. Higher Education and the Labor Market : A Study of University Access and Graduate Employment Opportunities in Nigera

   Author : Ejiaga Romanus; Vinayagum Chinapah; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; university access; labor market; job opportunity; employment; business administration; admissions; occupation; graduate output; quota system; Nigeria; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

   Abstract : This study examines problems of access to university education and graduate employment opportunities in Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigates issues of equality of opportunity in university education, quotas in admissions, geographical dispersion of higher educational institutions, student finance, university resources, student characteristics, university output, and the transition of graduates to the labor market. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Labor Market Disparities and Discrimination : Immigration, Education and Gender

   Author : Gülay Özcan; Mahmood Arai; Nabanita Datta Gupta; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrants; education; employment; discrimination; gender wage gap; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. Do Host Country Educations Even Out the Playing Field? Immigrant-Native Labor Market Gaps in Sweden This study follows a cohort of students from Swedish compulsory school graduation in 1988 until 2002 to document differences in education, including grades and field of education, and labor market outcomes between immigrants and natives. READ MORE

5. 3. Ethnic Discrimination, Name Change and Labor Market Inequality : Mixed approaches to ethnic exclusion in Sweden

   Author : Moa Bursell; Carl le Grand; Gunn Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnicity; ethnic discrimination; employment gaps; field experiment; correspondence test; gender; sex segregation; name change; stigma; pragmatic assimilation; mixed methods; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical studies on ethnic integration in the Swedish labor market. Studies I-III draw on a field experiment testing ethnic discrimination in the hiring process. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Segregation, Gender Economics, and Self-employment

   Author : Emma Neuman; Mats Hammarstedt; Lina Aldén; Mahmood Arai; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ability balance; Earnings; Economic outcomes; Ethnic segregation; Gender gaps; Immigrants; Jack-of-all-trades theory; Labour force participation; Native flight; Native avoidance; Occupational choice; Self-employment; Tipping behaviour.; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four empirical essays on the topics of ethnic segregation, gender economics, and self-employment.   Essay I investigates how the residential mobility of Sweden's native population contributes to ethnic segregation, by applying regression discontinuity methods. READ MORE

7. 5. Precarious employment in Sweden : methodological development and health associations

   Author : Johanna Jonsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Precarious employment (PE), representing a multidimensional construct of (poor) employment conditions, has been found associated with several health outcomes. However, there is a lack of a recognized definition of PE and studies have varied greatly in their assessment of PE. READ MORE