Search for dissertations about: "Domestic labour"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words Domestic labour.

  2. 11. Improvement of Labour Performance and Productivity in Uganda´s Building Industry

    Author : Henry Mwanaki Alinaitwe; Byggproduktion; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; performance improvement; Labour productivity; building industry; Uganda;

    Abstract : Productivity of labour is particularly important especially in developing countries where most of the building work is still carried out on manual basis. Previous research has pointed out that productivity in the building industry is low and in some cases declining. READ MORE

  4. 12. Reaching For Equality : Essays in Education and Gender Economics

    Author : Sanna Ericsson; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preschool; Education; Sub-Saharan Africa; Cultural Gender Norms; Math Gender Gap; Epidemiological Approach; Refugee Placement Policy; Sibling Fixed Effects; Domestic Violence; Household Bargaining; Male Backlash; Local Labour Demand; Preschool; Education; Sub-Saharan Africa; Cultural Gender Norms; Math Gender Gap; Epidemiological Approach; Refugee Placement Policy; Sibling Fixed Effects; Domestic Violence; Household Bargaining; Male Backlash; Local Labour Demand;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained papers that all relate to the understanding of equality. The first chapter investigates the effects of preschool attendance on children in Kenya and Tanzania. READ MORE

  5. 13. Global Framework Agreements : A Response to Urgent Global Labour Concerns

    Author : Fabiana Avelar Pereira; Institutionen för handelsrätt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collective agreement; corporate discourse; corporate social responsibility; empirical work in law; global collective agreements; global framework agreements; international labour law; legitimacy theory; stakeholder theory;

    Abstract : This dissertation is developed against the background of globalisation and the rise of a new type of instrument used to deal with the accompanying developments. These instruments are designated by the present dissertation as global framework agreements (GFAs). READ MORE

  6. 14. "How dare you talk back?!" : Spatialised Power Practices in the Case of Indonesian Domestic Workers in Malaysia

    Author : Patricia Yocie Hierofani; Aida Aragao-Lagergren; Irene Molina; Linda McDowell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminist geography; paid domestic work; Indonesia; Malaysia; gender; migration; space; power; resistance; intersectionality;

    Abstract : By taking the experiences and narratives of Indonesian women in Malaysia as the empirical material, this dissertation offers an analysis on spatialised power practices in the context of paid domestic workers. Family survival prompts these women to work abroad, but patriarchal norms shift their economic contribution as supplementary to the men’s role as the breadwinner. READ MORE

  7. 15. Causes and consequences of violence against child labour and women in developing countries

    Author : Koustuv Dalal; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Child labour; domestic violence; cost of violence; developing countries.;

    Abstract : Violence against children and women is a serious public health and human rights problem. In low income countries it is closely related to poverty and culture with major social consequences and economic burden for the families. READ MORE