November 25‚ 2012 Is Nigeriaâs Unemployment Problem Unsolvable? M.A. Adawo‚ E.B. Essien and N.U. Ekpo Department of Economics‚ University of Uyo‚ Uyo‚ Nigeria Abstract: Unemployment in Nigeria is alarming. Its measurement by statistical authorities does not pose red alert. It has been discovered that the observed situation of unemployment is more serious than what official statistics want us to believe. The aim of this study is to examine unacceptable unemployment rate in Nigeria. Our findings show
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PIDE Working Papers 2007:20 Preference for Public Sector Jobs and Wait Unemployment: A Micro Data Analysis Asma Hyder Visiting Fellow Pakistan Institute of Development Economics‚ Islamabad PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ISLAMABAD All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise—without prior permission of the author(s) and
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good news for you: according to the New York Times‚ the unemployment rate in America dropped to 7.7% which is the lowest rate in four years. But is this rate low enough? The answer is no. The labor market is far from recovery. There are around 11 million people who still need jobs. Throughout American history of unemployment‚ The United States has experienced 11 recessions since the end of the postwar period in 1948. The U.S. unemployment rate rose steadily from 5% in January 2008 to a peak of
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Unemployment and Crime: An analysis of the Cointegration and the Socio-economic Impacts of Unemployment on Crime Marvin A. Cole Strayer University Economics 405‚ Section 004016 Professor Stradtner March 28‚ 2010 Unemployment and Crime: An analysis of the Cointegration and the Socio-economic Impacts of Unemployment on Crime In today’s society‚ we are faced with an alarming situation with tends to plaque us and have made it on many of our chief economist and researchers list. Evidence
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this performance – the long term unemployment in Japan. According to Bloomberg‚ AFP on Business Times dated on 30 November 2011‚ it was mentioned the country faced a high unemployment rate at 4.5% in October 2011 which is higher than the 29 economists’ prediction. Our aim is to exam the causes of Japan’s long term unemployment in recent years in general and to understand about the measurement that the Japanese government has taken to minimise the high unemployment rate. The article‚ in brief‚ mentioned
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Why is youth unemployment so high? May 8th 2013‚ 23:50 by J.F. | NEW YORK YOUTH unemployment is blighting a whole generation of youngsters. The International Labour Organisation estimates there are 75m 15-to-24-year-olds looking for work across the globe. But this figure excludes a large number of youngsters who do not participate in the labour market at all. Among the 34 members of the OECD‚ a club of rich nations‚ it is estimated there are 26m youths not in education‚ employment or training
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Literature Review There is no doubt that unemployment is a burning issue in our society today. By way of an introduction it would be necessary to put a definition to the term unemployment as opposed to employment. A person is considered to be employed if that person has a full-time job and obtains a salary or wage consistent with the qualifications that he or she possess. Unemployment on the other hand‚ refers to situation where a person is a part of the labour force‚ is capable and willing to work
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Unemployment Rhiann Chapa University Of Phoenix Houston Campus Week One UNEMPLOYMENT Unemployment has affected many Americans in the United States. Just in the United States unemployment has reached an all time high. Should I blame the government for not providing more jobs or should I blame the companies that will not supply jobs for the United States to recover? This question is asked to provide who is the one to blame. Maybe society itself is not going to recover from
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Youth unemployment is one of the most critical challenges the world is facing today: young people make up almost half of the world’s unemployed‚ despite accounting for only one quarter of the working population. Youth unemployment is the unemployment of young people‚ defined by the United Nations as 14–28 years old. An unemployed person is defined as someone who does not have a job but is actively seeking work. In order to qualify as unemployed for official and statistical measurement‚ the individual
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Unemployment Unemployment occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. Africa is deeply affected with a high rate of unemployment especially among the youth. Africa is now having the most youthful population in the world with the youth covering close to between 60% and 70% of the continents population. This menace poses great threats to the strength and growth of Africa. Though unemployment is seen manifested all over the world‚ the case of Africa is very dilapidating to say
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