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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Labour market segmentation"”.
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Essays on labour market segmentation in Japan
Properly assessing labour market segmentation and its outcomes are essential for the debate of the policy related to atypical work. This thesis document the labour market segmentation in Japan, construct the model, and do counterfactual simulation to contribute to the policy making. The first …
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Labour market segmentation and change: the case of female workers in the higher education sector in Saudi Arabia
… in the Middle East experience barriers in their labour market access and mobility. However, little is known about the impact of labour market modernization on the job and labour market experiences of this group of workers. This qualitative study was designed to explore, with a sample of female …
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All jobs are equal, but some jobs are more equal than others: what a clustering algorithm reveals about the labour market segmentation in South Africa
The theory of labour market segmentation is often used to explain wage inequality in South Africa. It posits that labour markets consist of different segments that are differentiated from other segments based on some observable characteristics. Limited mobility between these segments prevents wages …
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Market frictions, allocative efficiency and aggregate productivity in the manufacturing sector: evidence from Zimbabwe
… lack of production resources such as capital and labour but also as a consequence of the inefficient allocation of available resources. Reducing the misallocation of resources is, therefore, seen as one of the channels through which substantial increases in aggregate productivity and incomes of …
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Microsimulation analysis of informal labour markets in developing countries
… most pressing problems in developing countries: labour informality. The overall objective of the thesis is to illustrate the capacity of microsimulation techniques to analyse a broad range of topics related to this problem. To highlight the potential of the methodology we pose a motivating …
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IDEOLOGIES IN PRACTICE : THE CONTEXT OF THE YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME
… and class specific workers in a segmented labour market. The empirical data were collected over a 20 month period at two off-the-job training establishments in the city of Surfton in the South West region of Britain and consisted of questionnaires participant observations and interviews. …
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Relatability: the hidden force behind Black African youth employment disadvantage
… by global standards. In addition, its youth labour market is characterised by high levels of racial inequalities which lead to marked disparities in employment access and outcomes based on race. Studies have revealed that Black African youth in South Africa are as much as five times more …
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Migration aspirations and experiences of female Polish migrant workers in the UK
… the freedom of movement, the post-transformation labour market in Poland, and the gendered and migrant labour market segmentation in the UK, as well as gender regimes, female Polish migrant workers actively mediated their migration aspirations and experiences.
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The Determinants and Returns of Adult Learning for Immigrants in Germany
… of unemployment and higher rates of working in labour market segments with poorer working conditions. Based on the National Education Panel Study in Germany, a rich longitudinal and nationally representative data source, the study analyses the determinants through a probit regression and the …
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"What I do, it's not little, it's really something": a political economy of migrant and minority ethnic care workers' experience in private older-age care in London, Paris and Madrid
… 2013). First, the social implications of labour market segmentation are scrutinized in a comparative perspective through the study of care workers’ routes into the care sector, the role of intermediaries, the profile of the workforce and respondents’ trajectories and aspirations within the …
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Work Orientations and Labour Market Conditions: Subjective segmentation in local labour markets
… little is known about the influence of external labour market conditions. Given theoretical interest in preference change endogenous to labour market processes and in the ongoing importance for trade unions and managers to respond to the needs of workers, the thesis asks: to what extent are …
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Patterns of international migration in the Santiago Metropolitan Area - Characterization of the immigrants' social space and contributions to the national policy debate
… Ecuadorian migrants, there is little evidence of labour market segmentation. Skilled migrants contribute to reducing gaps of labour market supply in some sectors of the economy, such as public health and private education. Low-skilled migrants contribute to the labour market supply in fields where …
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Contemporary form and dynamic of the international division of labour
… of the contemporary international division of labour. This can be approached through a critical enquiry: first to define and identify key aspects of the nature and dynamic of the international division of labour out of existing discourses and second to develop and modify the conceptualisation …
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NAVIGATING GENDERED SPACE: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF LABOUR MARKETS IN PAKISTAN
Globalization has transformed labour markets around the world leading to an upsurge of women in the waged workforce and establishing them as the backbone of manufacturing industry. But globalizing forces are uneven and have disparate impacts. I explore why an influx of women workers is not found in …