Search for dissertations about: "self-employed"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the word self-employed.
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1. Self-employed people navigating difficult times : business challenges and well-being from a salutogenic perspective
Abstract : BackgroundGlobally, the COVID-19 pandemic presented major difficulties for many self-employed people because it caused pressures such as decreased customer demand, production stagnation, disruptions in supply chains and increased uncertainty. The vast amount of the studies of self-employed people during the pandemic have focused on traditional pathogenic effects. READ MORE
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2. Does schooling make sense? A household perspective on the returns to schooling for self-employed, farmers and employees in Egypt
Abstract : Why do some children in the developing world choose to stay out of school? Is it mainly because poverty leaves them with no options or because schooling seems to offer them few benefits? The answers to these questions have profound policy implications. An empirical input into this discussion is the extent to which schooling can actually be perceived as a profitable option in various countries and, in extension, what factors influence the extent of this perceived profitability. READ MORE
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3. Four Essays on Self-Employment
Abstract : Wage-Earners who Become Self-Employed: The Impact of Income and wages Does the relation between actual and expected income affect the decision to become self-employed? Wage-earners who receive an actual income that is different from the expected, both lower and higher, are more likely to become self-employed than wage-earners who receive an actual income close to the expected. Self-employed individuals who received a higher income than expected are more successful than other self-employed. READ MORE
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4. Self-employment in Sweden: A Gender Perspective
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
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5. Social positions in self-employment : a study of employment structures in artistic production and management consulting
Abstract : Who enters self-employment in the labor market? This is a question that has been extensively researched. To find answers, studies have been concerned with what characterizes the individuals who make the different employment choices. READ MORE
