Unemployed individuals` preferences towards social investment policies. A case study of unemployed people`s preferences between labor market trainings and unemployment cash benefits in Sweden.
(2021) WPMM43 20211Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This master`s thesis designed to understand the social policy preferences of unemployed people from human capital investment perspectives. The aim of the research is to explain social policy preferences by referring to human capital theory to understand unemployed people`s preferences between unemployment cash benefits and labor market trainings. The research takes upskilling, earnings, together with labor market situations (mismatch between education and labor market and transition from school to work) and defines these concepts under the theoretical framework to understand the phenomena of human capital investment in unemployed people`s policy preferences in labor market.
The study is designed as a qualitative case study to answer the... (More) - This master`s thesis designed to understand the social policy preferences of unemployed people from human capital investment perspectives. The aim of the research is to explain social policy preferences by referring to human capital theory to understand unemployed people`s preferences between unemployment cash benefits and labor market trainings. The research takes upskilling, earnings, together with labor market situations (mismatch between education and labor market and transition from school to work) and defines these concepts under the theoretical framework to understand the phenomena of human capital investment in unemployed people`s policy preferences in labor market.
The study is designed as a qualitative case study to answer the research questions with semi-structured expert interviews.
The empirical data of the research supports the theoretical implications that it is reasonable to study unemployed individuals` social policy preferences under the human capital theory. The study findings show that job seekers prefer labor market trainings in order to invest in human capital. (Less)
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- author
- Abdullayeva, Günel LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- WPMM43 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Key words: human capital theory, labor market trainings, social investment, social policy preferences, unemployment cash benefits
- language
- English
- id
- 9045080
- date added to LUP
- 2021-07-06 10:39:18
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abstract = {{This master`s thesis designed to understand the social policy preferences of unemployed people from human capital investment perspectives. The aim of the research is to explain social policy preferences by referring to human capital theory to understand unemployed people`s preferences between unemployment cash benefits and labor market trainings. The research takes upskilling, earnings, together with labor market situations (mismatch between education and labor market and transition from school to work) and defines these concepts under the theoretical framework to understand the phenomena of human capital investment in unemployed people`s policy preferences in labor market.
The study is designed as a qualitative case study to answer the research questions with semi-structured expert interviews.
The empirical data of the research supports the theoretical implications that it is reasonable to study unemployed individuals` social policy preferences under the human capital theory. The study findings show that job seekers prefer labor market trainings in order to invest in human capital.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Unemployed individuals` preferences towards social investment policies. A case study of unemployed people`s preferences between labor market trainings and unemployment cash benefits in Sweden.}},
year = {{2021}},
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