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    Institution: Inflation is the rise in general prices of goods and services over a specific period of time. Unemployment is a state where people are able and willing to work at the ongoing market prices of labour but they are unable to secure a job. According to the Phillips curve‚ there is a consistent relationship between inflation and unemployment (Nevile‚ J. W. 1981‚ pg 3). When the rate of unemployment is low‚ the level of inflation is high and when the level of employment is high‚ inflation level is

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    Educated Unemployment

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    UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IN INDIA India’s educated youths are facing some serious issues like educated unemployment and underemployment. Currently‚ in India‚ we have fairly low inflation but unemployment is high. In particular‚ educated unemployment is very high. It is around 20 % among graduates. One suspects that political instability in the country‚ lack of entrepreneurship‚ lack of quality education and quality students‚ for instance is the result of excessive unemployment. Bad education

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    Youth unemployment

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    Youth Unemployment Amar Chamas Charbel Makhlouf Pamela Atallah Mohamad Fattouh Nazih Chbeir PSPA 202 American University of Beirut Question 1- What is the problem?  When we refer to youth adults we mean those individuals who are between 20 and 40 years. Youth Unemployment can be defined as individuals who are raging between 20 to 40 years‚ are not being working for a period of time‚ and are seeking to find job. “More than 200 million people are globally unemployed today‚ with the unemployment rate

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    Introduction Unemployment is the state of being jobless or else being without an occupation and you have looked for a job without success. You should also be willing and ready to work if given a chance. Lack of occupation is a severe problem not only in Europe but in all corners of the world. People who are unemployed are seen as a liability to the society. This is because people with no jobs or other sources of income are always seen as dependent on their colleagues employed with financial stability

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    together. This essay will compare and contrast the Functionalist and Marxist views of the role of the family in the social structure. Functionalist theories operate on the basis of consensus; they believe the family plays a vital role in maintaining the social structure as well meeting the needs of various systems in the society. They see it performing beneficial functions both for wider society and for all its individual members. Functionalists assume the family is harmonious and ignore conflict

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    Measuring unemployment

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    Unemployment can be measured by the claimant count or the labour force survey. Discuss the relative reliability of these two measures. Unemployed is the percentage of the workforce which is able‚ available and willing to work at the current wage rate but cannot find work despite seeking for a job. Claimant count is a measure of unemployment which includes those unemployed people who are eligible to claim the Job Seeker’s Allowance or who have enough National Insurance Credits. It is very reliable

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    Unemployment In Australia

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    Youth unemployment in Australia has been a problem of the past and is rising with poor implementations. As such‚ various factors have to be contributing towards the issue. Contributing factors are approaches or methods that escalate the problem‚ and needs attention should be accorded. Answering the question will develop insights on some of the causes that are global‚ but are not significant in Australia. The cause of unemployment according to Bond et al. (2015) is low education level and skills.

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    Functionalist vs. Symbolic Interactionist Functionalists believe that each aspect of society is interdependent and contributes to society’s functioning as a whole to create stability or work toward the same common goal. The government‚ or state‚ provides education for the children of the family‚ which in turn pays taxes on which the state depends to keep itself running. The family is dependent upon the school to help children grow up to have good jobs so that they can raise and support their own

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    Unemployment Data

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    Unemployment Data for May-June 7 of 2013 Employment (rose/fell/remained unchanged)‚ and the unemployment rate edged (up/down/stayed unchanged) to (?) percent in the last month. Employment for nonfarm payroll rose by 175‚000 in May‚ which includes construction and manufacturing companies. The unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 7.6 percent in the last month. Employment for professional and business services‚ food services and drinking places‚ and retail trade rose also. The summary states

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    Evaluate the functionalist theory of the family In this essay‚ I intend to analyse some of the theories behind the functionalist perspective of the family‚ it is my intention to look at two main theorists in this field‚ Murdock and Parsons. I to analyse their theories and give objective argument for the pros and cons of the functionalist family. I intend to break this down by looking at the theorists separately and then looking at arguments against the functionalist family. Sociology‚ second edition

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