This dissertation studies the role of education and training in job creation and poverty alleviation in the Sicelo Township. The study focuses on three areas, namely, unemployment, poverty and education and training. The actual state of unemployment and poverty in Sicelo is determined and the role of education and training in solving the problems of unemployment and poverty is discussed. Unemployment is identified, amongst others, as a major determinant of poverty. The main component of any policy aimed at eradicating poverty should therefore focus on employment creation. Education and training is found to be important in labour force participation, finding employment and, therefore, in alleviating poverty. Across both genders, individuals with a low level of education have less chance of finding employment than those with a higher level. Both unemployment and poverty is measured and a profile of the poor in Sicelo is given in terms of several household-level indicators. To measure poverty, the following tools are used: the household subsistence level (HSL) as poverty line, the headcount index, the poverty gap and the dependency ratio. The dissertation shows that Sicelo, compared to Bophelong, experiences lower unemployment rates as well as lower levels of poverty. Most of the indicators show that households in Sicelo are better off than Bophelong. From the analysis it is clear that a high percentage of the poor population have only a primary or incomplete secondary education, which could therefore imply that the lack of education (especially higher education) is a contributing factor to unemployment and poverty in Sicelo. Hence this study shows that access to education is clearly a key component, not only for human resource development, but also of an individual's ability to cope with modern living and to benefit from available opportunities. The unemployment rate amongst the poor was determined at 61.7 percent for Sicelo and the number of poor unemployed persons estimated at 908. If the poor unemployed with skills could be assisted in acquiring further training in the same field in which they already have skills, job opportunities could possibly be found in catering, retail trade, building construction, sewing and welding. Assuming that jobs for all 908 unemployed poor persons in Sicelo could be created at an average monthly income of R600 per month, the impact on the Sicelo community would be that the headcount index would be reduced from 0.50 to 0.23 and the poverty gap index from 0.37 to 0.22. This implies that the percentage of households below their poverty lines would be reduced from the present 50 percent to only 23 percent, and the average shortfall in income of the poor households would be reduced from 37 percent to 22 percent. More training and/or higher qualifications may lead to an increase in the average income, which will result in the reduction of the headcount index. Finally, the dissertation concludes that investing in education and training indeed can create job opportunities and reduce unemployment. This conclusion was drawn from the contention that uneducated individuals have fewer employment opportunities than their educated counterparts. Educated people have also a higher income earning potential, and are better able to improve the quality of their lives. / Thesis (M.Com. (Economics))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2006.

This dissertation studies the social cost of pollution in Leitrirn, which is a township in the Vaal Triangle area. Policies and technologies that may be implemented to reduce pollution inc poor communities are also discussed. The study focuses on three areas namely pollution unemployment and poverty. Leitrim experiences a high rate of both unemployment and poverty. Residents in this area also experience high levels of pollution. Compared to Rathanda township which is more rural. Leitrim is worse off in terms of unemployment poverty and pollution. Unemployment is a major determinant of povert in Leitrim. The main component of a policy aimed at alleviating poverty in Leitrim should therefore focus on employment creation. Unemployment and poverty are defined and measured in this dissertation and the poor in Leitrim are profiled in terms of their gender qualification employment, unemployment and their spending methods. For measuring poverty the Household Subsistence Level (HSL) is used as poverty line to determine the headcount index and the poverty gap. Pollution is identified as one the factors which affect the wellbeing of the poor negatively. Reducing the k\el pollution will therefore also reduce the depth of poverty in poor communities. This dissertation focuses on the following types of pollution: land-based pollution (littering), dust pollution, noise pollution and air (indoor smoke pollution & air pollution from coal fire) pollution. Alternative technologies such as BM implemented in full scale can reduce the level of air pollution by more that 50 percent. It will also reduce the monthly household expenditure of poor households on coal by at least J.5 percent. / Thesis (M.Com. (Economics))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2006.

資料分類的應用在時間數列的分析與預測過程相當重要。而模糊資料近年來更受到重視，其應用的範圍包含：財金、社會、生醫、電機等各個領域。本研究欲運用模糊資料分類法，對區間時間數列的轉折偵測與模式建構做一個深入探討。主要應用平均累加模糊熵(average of the sum of fuzzy entropies)， 找出其結構性改變的區間。並針對區間型時間數列進行模式建構診斷與預測。最後我們以單身人口數與失業率為實列做一個詳細的探討。結果顯示，失業率對單身人口數有顯著的影響而孤鸞年的效應並不顯著。 / The application of data classifications in time series analysis and forecasting is rather important. The fuzzy data classification has received much attention recently. It can be applied on various fields such as finance, sociology, biomedicine, electrical engineering and so on. This study is to use the fuzzy data classification to perform an intensive research on the change periods detection and model construction of the interval time series. We use average of the sum of fuzzy entropies to find out interval of the structural changes. Focusing on the time series of intervals, we build a model and make prediction about it. At the end, based on the case study on the population of singles versus, we thoroughly discuss this topic. The result shows that the unemployment rate does significantly correlate with the population of singles, but the "widow's year" does not .

Submitted by Raquel Magossi Rodrigues (raquel.rodrigues@fgv.br) on 2017-02-21T19:27:50Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertaçao Raquel - VERSAO FINAL.pdf: 2538660 bytes, checksum: 0fda51df3fa2b78e0764d19980cd3fef (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Fabiana da Silva Segura (fabiana.segura@fgv.br) on 2017-02-21T19:39:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertaçao Raquel - VERSAO FINAL.pdf: 2538660 bytes, checksum: 0fda51df3fa2b78e0764d19980cd3fef (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-21T20:10:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertaçao Raquel - VERSAO FINAL.pdf: 2538660 bytes, checksum: 0fda51df3fa2b78e0764d19980cd3fef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-07 / O agronegócio tem ocupado um papel importante na economia brasileira e paulista. O setor cresceu fortemente desde a década de 1990, muito mais pelos ganhos de produtividade do que da expansão da área plantada. Apesar da importância do setor para a economia do país e do Estado de São Paulo e de sua forte expansão, por muito tempo não foi possível acompanhar adequadamente a evolução do seu mercado de trabalho, devido às limitações das pesquisas sobre emprego e desemprego disponíveis, seja pela periodicidade reduzida, seja pela área de abrangência na coleta dos dados. Entretanto, essa situação mudou a partir da divulgação pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) de uma nova pesquisa sobre o mercado de trabalho brasileiro, a Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua), que tem uma extensa gama de variáveis, abrange todo o território nacional e tem periodicidade trimestral. Embora as séries históricas da PNAD Contínua sejam curtas (não há números anteriores a 2012), foi possível observar algumas tendências, como a redução da população ocupada e um crescimento do trabalho formal e dos rendimentos dos ocupados nas atividades agropecuárias e no agronegócio, tanto no Brasil quanto no Estado de São Paulo. / The agribusiness sector has played an important role in the Brazilian and Sao Paulo State economies. The sector has grown intensely since the 1990s, and most of this expansion was due to productivity gains rather than the planted area growth. Despite the sector's importance to the country's and Sao Paulo State’s economy and its strong progress, it has not been possible for a long time monitoring adequately the evolution of its labor market, mainly due to the limitation of the database and labor force survey available in the country. However, this situation has changed since the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) published a new research on the Brazilian labor market, the Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNAD Contínua), which has an extensive range of variables that covers the whole national territory and has quarterly frequency. Although the historical series of the PNAD are not extensive (there is no data prior to 2012), this paper identified three main trends, such as the reduction of the population employed in agricultural sector, a growth of formal employment and an increase of employees’ income, both for Brazil and Sao Paulo.

Submitted by Rafael da Rocha Mendonça Bacciotti (rafael.bacciotti@gmail.com) on 2017-08-13T23:42:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Rafael Bacciotti_defesa.pdf: 1094193 bytes, checksum: 7a7f6313d22efa00eb4133077c507ec5 (MD5) / Rejected by Joana Martorini (joana.martorini@fgv.br), reason: Falta a ficha catalográfica. on 2017-08-14T13:23:19Z (GMT) / Submitted by Rafael da Rocha Mendonça Bacciotti (rafael.bacciotti@gmail.com) on 2017-08-21T18:34:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Rafael Bacciotti_final.pdf: 959318 bytes, checksum: a65761f39f40377669fe2d34280903ab (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Joana Martorini (joana.martorini@fgv.br) on 2017-08-21T18:55:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Rafael Bacciotti_final.pdf: 959318 bytes, checksum: a65761f39f40377669fe2d34280903ab (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-22T12:21:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rafael Bacciotti_final.pdf: 959318 bytes, checksum: a65761f39f40377669fe2d34280903ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-11 / A análise do mercado de trabalho em perspectiva histórica com base em séries de alta frequência no Brasil é uma tarefa desafiadora, pois não há uma pesquisa longa, abrangente e ao mesmo tempo compatível em termos metodológicos e conceituais que permita acompanhar o desempenho das diversas variáveis de maneira adequada. Essas questões foram exacerbadas no início de 2016, quando a Pesquisa Mensal de Emprego (PME) foi interrompida pelo IBGE. Desde então, a Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua) passou a ser a única referência do instituto sobre o mercado de trabalho em alta frequência. Nesse contexto, este trabalho tem como objetivo retroagir a taxa de desemprego trimestral da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua), iniciada em março de 2012. Duas séries foram geradas com base na metodologia de modelos de espaço de estados e o filtro de Kalman: a primeira iniciada em 1976 e outra em 1984, utilizando-se como referência, nos dois casos, as taxas de desemprego obtidas na PNAD anual e na Pesquisa de Emprego e Desemprego (PED - Dieese). / The analysis of the labor market in historical perspective in Brazil is a challenging task, since there is not a long, comprehensive and at the same time methodologically and conceptually compatible survey that allows monitoring the performance of the various variables in an appropriate manner. These issues were exacerbated in early 2016, when the Pesquisa Mensal de Emprego (PME) was interrupted by IBGE. Since then, the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua) has become the Institute's only reference to the high-frequency labor market monitoring. In this context, the objective of this study is to retropolate the unemployment rate from PNAD Contínua, begun in March 2012. Two series were produced from the state space model methodology, with the Kalman filter, one since 1976 and another since 1984, using as reference the annual PNAD and the Pesquisa de Emprego e Desemprego (PED-Dieese).

Cette thèse étudie les performances du marché du travail dans une économie susceptible de présenter plusieurs équilibres, et les implications d’une telle configuration pour la politique économique. Elle comporte quatre essais, traitant chacun d’un aspect spécifique de cette problématique. En premier lieu, l’analyse économétrique des séries temporelles de taux de chômage de quelques pays de l’OCDE, permettant notamment l’identification des changements de régimes et de leurs caractéristiques, apporte des évidences significatives à l’appui de l’hypothèse d’une multiplicité d’équilibres. En second lieu, on étudie les effets de l’introduction d’un salaire minimum obligatoire et d’une hausse de celui-ci dans un modèle statique de concurrence imparfaite avec négociations salariales au niveau de la firme, le facteur travail étant hétérogène. Si la hausse du salaire minimum est défavorable à l’emploi,l’introduction d’un salaire minimum en présence d’une multiplicité d’équilibres permet d’éliminer l’équilibre Pareto-inférieur. En troisième lieu, on étudie également les implications de l’existence d’équilibres multiples pour les politiques économiques, du fait de l’altération des propriétés dynamiques de l’économie, à travers l’analyse complète d’un modèle dynamique de concurrence imparfaite avec des négociations salariales individuelles et des frictions d’appariement sur le marché du travail. Enfin, on montre grâce à l’outil expérimental dans quelle mesure l’introduction d’une variable dite de tâche solaire, peut être source de défaut de coordination et d’inefficience dans une économie possédant deux équilibres Pareto-ordonnés. / This thesis analyzes the performances of labor market in an economy subject to multiple equilibria and the implications of such a configuration for economic policy. It contains four pieces of research, each dealing with a particular aspect of the general setting. First, the econometric analysis of the unemployment time series for several OECD countries,which allows the identification of regime switches and their characteristics, brings forth some significant evidence that the multiple equilibria framework is relevant. Second, the effect of the implementation and of the rise of the minimum wage are investigated through a static model, assuming imperfect competition, heterogeneous labor input and wage negotiations at the firm level. Though minimum wage hikes have an adverse effect on employment, the implementation of a binding minimum wage turns out to be an efficient tool for excluding the Pareto- inferior equilibrium. Third economic policy conditions are also affected because the existence of multiple equilibria alters the dynamic properties of the economy. This case has been investigated in the framework of a fully dynamic model assuming imperfect competition individual wage negotiations and matching frictions. Finally, a coordination game experiment confirms that the introduction of a sunspot can be a source of coordination failure and inefficiency in an economy with two Pareto-ranked equilibria.

The objective of this thesis is to analyze and verify the existence of causality between employment rate, unemployment rate as independent variable and fertility rate as dependent variable. Two stated hypotheses are being verified within this thesis. First of them says that by decreasing employment rate also the fertility rate decreases. Second says that decreasing unemployment rate has an impact on growth of fertility rate. The final part of essay deals with today´s often discussed concept of work life balance which in many countries supports high economical activity of women and higher fertility simultaneously. It draws attention on positives of alternative work arrangements as well as on negatives and deficits which goes together with its practicing. In the end of the thesis different possibilities of effective work life balance management are suggested.

This paper aims to explore the relationship of social spending and the economic development of the country or region. Work in the first, theoretical part deals with basic theories of economic growth and their view of the state expenditure on social policy. Due attention is also paid to the basic concepts and types of social policies that significantly affect the size of social spending in the marketing area. As part of the theoretical work will be fundamental characteristics of the measuring instruments for economic growth and social spending. In the second, analytical, part of the thesis will deal with empirical data comparing the economic development with the evolution of the size of social spending in several selected countries. The analysis of this part of the work will be characteristic of otherfactors, the relationship of economic growth and social spending determine, influence, and to some extent and explain, such as unemployment, public revenues and public state debt.

The diploma thesis gives a detailed analysis of the Slovak labour market. The beginning of the thesis includes political and economic development of an independent Slovak state since the Czechoslovak separation until a current situation. The rest of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of the labour market situation. Since its major problem is a high unemployment rate, the thesis gives an overview and deeper analysis of its various aspects. Furthermore, the indicators which influence the existence of the unemployment rate are to be found. The end of the thesis sums up the most problematic areas of Slovak labour market. In addition, the necessary steps which need to be done in order to reach an improvement are mentioned.

Abstract: The doctor's dissertation paper addresses the social problem, how business units should use the standard economic tools to prevent crisis. The importance of the problem is supported by the fact, that last year more than eleven thousand economic entities in the Czech Republic became insolvent. The Set of Tools for Corporate Crisis Prevention shall help to better adjust the internal control mechanisms, using which businesses could better prevent crisis. Application of this Set of Tools for Corporate Crisis Prevention is verified based on two completely different companies. The dissertation addresses the question of how use standard tools such as loan and leasing for crisis prevention, possibly secure the recovery of growth opportunities. This support is implemented by using an external financial institution, or the Intercompany bank. In the chapter entitled "intercompany bank", I describe the basic principles of operation and its importance for internal control. This internal organization has been used in many companies, but today is back to support the sales department and help reduce risk associated with the greater indebtedness of the company. I am describing the Intercompany bank in the context of internal processes and forms of cooperation with the sales department. Functionality of the intercompany bank is supplemented with examples from practice. The chapter called "Micro-enterprise approach of the crisis" is complemented by the complexity of internal financial perspective to company's management. This chapter describes three main sources of the company crisis from a microeconomic perspective. It is decreasing demand, the impact of interest rate exchanges on corporate governance and the impact of exchange rate changes on the financial stability of the company. The analytical part of presented dissertation thesis deals with development of insolvency proposal, bankruptcy, and reorganization proposals in The Czech Republic between 2008 and 2013. The main target is finding the causal dependences between insolvency requirements in the Insolvency Register and a few key macroeconomic indicators such as GDP, unemployment rate, industrial production growth and the amount of loans granted to the corporate sector. For a more comprehensive view of insolvency arrangement of The Czech Republic is accompanied by description of the legislative settings in The UK, Germany and France. Keywords: Bankruptcy proposals, Bankrupt, Company crisis, Exchange rate, Industrial production, Insolvency, Insolvency proposals, GDP, Leasing, Reorganization, Unemployment rate.