Search for dissertations about: "gender contract"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words gender contract.

2. 11. Physical contact in physical education : New perspectives and future directions

   Author : Annica Caldeborg; Marie Öhman; Joacim Andersson; Ninitha Maivorsdotter; Jesper Andreasson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physical contact; physical education; PE; touch; student perspective; heteronormativity; gender; immigrant students; scoping review;

   Abstract : This thesis takes its point of departure in the research field of intergenerational touch in educational settings. Specifically, it is mainly the student perspective of physical contact between teachers and students in physical education (PE) that is of interest. In addition, a scoping review has also been conducted. READ MORE

4. 12. Mining Booms in Africa and Local Welfare Effects: Labor Markets, Women’s Empowerment and Criminality

   Author : Anja Tolonen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development; Extractive Industries; Mining; Economic Growth; Women s Empowerment; Labor Markets; Africa; Criminality; Gender;

   Abstract : The role that extractive industries can play in processes of economic development is frequently described as, at best non-existent, or at worst, persistently negative. Extractive industries, while focusing on unearthing large sub-soil wealth, are sometimes linked to adverse political and macroeconomic outcomes in developing countries. READ MORE

5. 13. Firms and Labor Markets : Essays in Development Economics

   Author : Francesco Loiacono; Jakob Svensson; Andreas Madestam; Tessa Bold; Simon Quinn; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firms; Labor Markets; Refugees; Social Cohesion; Corruption; Public Procurement; Gender; Credit Markets; RCT; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Matching with the Right Attitude: the Effect of Matching Firms with Refugee WorkersWe study the effect of contact in the workplace on firms' willingness to hire refugees and ultimately on refugees' labor market integration. We run an experiment in Uganda, where treated firms provide an internship of one week to a skilled refugee worker. READ MORE

6. 14. Livelihood Implications of Large-Scale Land Concessions in Mozambique : A case of family farmers’ endurance

   Author : Juliana Porsani; Kari Lehtilä; Rickard Lalander; Lowe Börjeson; Randi Kaarhus; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Large-scale land acquisitions; land concessions; land grabs; livelihoods; family farmers; peasants; gender; community consultations; popular deliberation; cultural ecosystem services; Mozambique; Lower Limpopo Valley; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the process and the implications of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for local livelihoods, especially the livelihoods of those who make a living from farming. These individuals were historically known as peasants and are now more commonly referred to as smallholders, small-scale farmers or family farmers. READ MORE

7. 15. Temporary Jobs in Sweden: Incidence, Exit, and On-the-Job Training

   Author : Mårten Wallette; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; segmentation; Swedish-born; foreign-born; gender; on-the-job training; exit probability; incidence; on-call jobs; probation jobs; project jobs; replacement jobs; Temporary jobs; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses different aspects of temporary jobs in the Swedish labour market during 1991-1999. Throughout the thesis we put special focus on differences between the genders, and differences between native-born and foreign-born workers. READ MORE