Search for dissertations about: "Female employment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 84 swedish dissertations containing the words Female employment.

2. 1. Female employment, gender roles, and attitudes : The Baltic countries in a broader context

   Author : Akvilė Motiejūnaitė; Paavo Bergman; Sven EO Hort; Gillian Pascall; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; female employment; work; gender-role attitudes; family models; breadwinner; traditionalism; social change; cross-national comparisons; Estonia; Germany; Latvia; Lithuania; Russia; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four constituent studies exploring several common themes: female participation in employment, normative assumptions regarding the proper roles of males and females, and social change. The underlying focus is gendered division of work, which is explored through the concept of family models. READ MORE

4. 2. Female Employment and Fertility Change in South Korea

   Author : Li Ma; Gunnar Andersson; Gerda Neyer; James Raymo; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Female employment; fertility change; South Korea; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography; Sociologi;

   Abstract : A large amount of literature has addressed the relationship between women’s employment and fertility in the Western context. We have less relevant knowledge about the context of East Asia. This thesis addresses this situation by providing insight into how women’s employment is interrelated with their fertility in South Korea. READ MORE

5. 3. Gender Regimes, Family Policies and Attitudes to Female Employment : A Comparison of Germany, Italy and Sweden

   Author : Eva Sundström; Stefan Svallfors; Vicki Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; gender regimes; welfare state; employment; care; citizenship; local policies; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : In this study, attitudes towards female employment and the division of labour between men and women in Germany, Italy and Sweden are explored. Using a quantitative approach, the first objective is to examine how political ideologies and welfare political models are reflected in or accompany attitudes towards female labour market participation among different groups in the three welfare states. READ MORE

6. 4. Mineral Mining and Female Employment

   Author : Anja Tolonen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : We use the rapid expansion of the number of mineral mines in Sub- Saharan Africa to explore changes in local labor markets. Matching over two decades of panel data on industrial mines to survey data for half a million women and exploiting the spatial and temporal variation in the data in a difference-in-difference strategy, we find that opening of an industrial mine induces a structural shift whereby women switch from working in agriculture to services. READ MORE

7. 5. Self-employment in Sweden: A Gender Perspective

   Author : Andreas Mångs; Dominique Anxo; Henry Ohlsson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Self-employment; gender; motivation; time-allocation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses self-employment from a gender perspective. The data used combines survey data with register data. The survey covers various dimensions such as motivation, job satisfaction and time allocations. These are aspects that typically cannot be assessed by register data. READ MORE