Sökning: "Human capital transferability"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden Human capital transferability.

1. 1. “Why would I not be called for an interview?” Love Migrants Economic Integration in Sweden Experiences of highly educated immigrants while searching for employment in Sweden

   Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Författare :Lena Basilidze; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Migration;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis the economic integration of highly educated love migrants in Sweden is investigated, focusing on the experiences of unemployed love migrants while search of employment and examines the factors that influence their economic integration in Sweden. This study is based on human capital theory, social capital theory, discrimination theory, and economic integration theory. LÄS MER

3. 2. Differences in Educational Match between Natives and Immigrants : A study from the Swedish labor market 

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Författare :Aron Hwang; Christoffer Ström; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Educational mismatch; Human capital transferability; Immigration; Assimilation; Overeducation; Realized matches;

   Sammanfattning : This essay investigates the potential educational mismatch of immigrants compared to natives concerning the Swedish labor market. The data is collected from the European Social Survey between 2002-2014. Our results show that immigrants tend to be more overeducated than natives. LÄS MER

4. 3. Pre- and post-migration labour market mismatch in Sweden 1970-1990

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Martin Önnerfors; [2016]
   Nyckelord :educational mismatch; labour market integration; immigration; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Labour market outcomes for immigrants in general is a well researched field, but the mechanisms behind labour market mismatches among immigrants post-migration is still in need of empirical research. Using a unique and newly compiled dataset on Swedish immigrants, also containing pre-migration occupational and educational information data, this study aims makes use of maximum likelihood models to measure the influence of an individual’s pre-migration history on the post-migration outcomes. LÄS MER

5. 4. The economic performance of Chinese immigrants in North America In 1990s

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Hongwei Han; [2015]
   Nyckelord :Chinese immigrants; immigration; the United States; Canada; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : The immigrants from China have generally taken over European immigrants to play important role in the North America since 1960s. Based on the human capital theory and neoclassical economic theory, this thesis examines the characteristics of Chinese immigrants who respectively arrived at the United States and Canada since 1990 (cohort 1990-1997 and cohort 1998- 2000). LÄS MER

7. 5. The Assimilation of Scandinavian Immigrants in Sweden : How do immigrants from Norway and Denmark assimilate to the Swedish income level and is the assimilation negative?

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Författare :Ellinor Ivarsson; David Linder; [2013]
   Nyckelord :Assimilation of earnings; Scandinavian immigrants;

   Sammanfattning : This essay analyses the earnings between Scandinavian immigrants compared to the Swedish natives (Scandinavia refers to Denmark, Norway and Sweden). The researchers have up until today devoted considerable effort to describe the phenomenon involving the positive assimilation, but never taken the time to analyse the appearance of the opposite outcome. LÄS MER