Search for dissertations about: "labour market policy"

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2. 1. The Microfundations of Flexicurity : Employees’ well-being and attitudes to labour market policy in a Swedish and Nordic welfare state setting

   Author : Patrik Vulkan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Flexicurity; job insecurity; mental well-being; mentemployment security; income security; cognitive and affective insecurity; insider outsider divide; labour market policy; labour market paradigms; policy preferences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the microfoundations of flexicurity, an arrangement of policies that proponents claim can deliver a ‘win-win’ situation in the labour market. These policies include lax employment protection legislation (EPL) to provide employers the flexibility to hire and fire with ease, and others supposed to provide employees with a high level of ‘employment security’ (high ability to find new quality jobs if they lose their current job) and ‘income security’ (low likelihood of suffering economically during periods of transition between jobs). READ MORE

4. 2. Agents of change and policies of scale : A policy study of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise in Education

   Author : Ron Mahieu; Arja Virta; Sven-Erik Hansén; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; enterprise; Global-local nexus; structure agency; policy dissemination; policy network; policy scope; policy drive; education policy; multi-level governance; OECD; EU; Sweden; Pedgogical work; Pedagogiskt arbete;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe and understand the introduction of entrepreneurship and enterprise projects in primary and secondary schools in the North of Sweden and to identify and analyse the driving forces and actors behind this process. In particular the influence and significance of education policy at supranational, national and subnational level for the introduction of entrepreneurship and enterprise in education are analysed. READ MORE

5. 3. Destination employment? : Contradictions and ambiguities in Swedish labour market policy for newly arrived migrants

   Author : Elin Ennerberg; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; labour market policy; workfare; social investment; social policy; integration; arbetsmarknadspolitik; arbetsmarknadsetablering; socialpolitik; integration; social investering; workfare;

   Abstract : Sweden’s “establishment reform” was introduced in 2010 with the ambition to increase the labour market participation of newly arrived migrants. It was in line with other labour market policies of the centre-right Alliance government, elected in 2006, which aimed to increase work incentives particularly for groups seen as “vulnerable” in, or excluded from, the labour market. READ MORE

6. 4. National Institutions - International Migration. Labour Markets, Welfare States and Immigration Policy

   Author : Frida Boräng; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigration policy; Institutions; Welfare state; Political economy; Labour market;

   Abstract : All advanced capitalist countries admit entry to some immigrants and refuse entry to others. Despite the fact that all these countries accept some, but not all, potential immigrants, the variation when it comes to the admission of foreigners – or immigration policy – is still considerable. READ MORE

7. 5. Natural and Classical Experiments in Swedish Labour Market Policy

   Author : Pathric Hägglund; Anders Björklund; Anders Forslund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labour market research; Arbetsmarknadsforskning;

   Abstract : "Effects of Changes in the Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Requirements on Job Duration — Swedish Evidence" This paper investigates the impact of the unemployment insurance (UI) entrance requirement on employment duration among earlier unemployed in Sweden. I exploit changes in the rule taking place in 1994 and 1997 to study behavioural adjustments in the timing of job separation between 1992, 1996, and 1998. READ MORE