Search for dissertations about: "Occupational Segregation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words Occupational Segregation.

2. 1. Disentangling sex segregation : Studies on the roots and routes of labour market sex segregation

   Author : Johanna Kumlin; Jan O. Jonsson; Gunn E. Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sex segregation; gender wage gap; sex inequality; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The present dissertation consists of four studies. The first study serves as a descriptive background to the following three self-contained but interrelated empirical studies. The joint theme is horizontal labour market sex segregation. READ MORE

4. 2. The Division of Labour in Post-Industrial Societies

   Author : Lars Hansen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; post-industrial society; division of labour; occupational classification; occupational structure; welfare state; sex segregation; education.;

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5. 3. 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

6. 4. Community mobilization and peer education in a HIV-STI prevention program for university students

   Author : Gary Svenson; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Social medicine; condoms; mobilization; peer education; community; university; young people; students; behaviour; determinants; prevention; STD; STI; HIV; AIDS; samhällsmedicin; Dermatology; venereology; Dermatologi; venereologi; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : Slowing the incidence of HIV and STI among young people requires that they change their sexual behaviours. There is evidence that community-based interventions that target multiple levels of influence can be effective. READ MORE

7. 5. Gendered Migration Patterns within a Sex Segregated Labor Market

   Author : Maria Brandén; Gunnar Andersson; Elizabeth Thomson; Hill Kulu; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family migration; gender; tied moving; regional mobility; earnings; occupation; sex segregation; co-residence; migration distance; education; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Abstract : When a couple moves, the woman is often placed at a disadvantage. Moves are more often motivated by men’s career advancement opportunities, and men tend to gain more economically from moving. In this thesis, these patterns are examined with an eye on the role of sex segregation on the labor market. READ MORE