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    are several different types of unemployment that we encountered through out these few chapters. They are as follows; structural unemployment‚ frictional unemployment‚ and cyclical unemployment. But yet each one is different in its own unique way. Cyclical unemployment is a factor of overall unemployment that relates to the cyclical trends in growth and production that occur within the business cycle. When business cycles are at their peak‚ cyclical unemployment will be low because total economic

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    The causes and consequences of youth unemployment in Australia has been of particular concern within both government and private sectors for many years. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)‚ 10.9% of the total 15-24 age population was unemployed in September‚ 1995. This figure climbed to 15.3% in September‚ 2003. This evidence gives cause to the growing concern surrounding the increase in youth unemployment. For sizeable numbers of youth‚ its not going to get any easier to find

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    UNEMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS IN KENYA Dawn Mwalo Supervisor: assistant Fastova N.I. Kharkov National University of Radioelectronics (Lenina street 14‚ department of Economic Cybernetic‚ Kharkov 61166‚ Ukraine‚ (057)70-21-490) E-mail: elizabeth_mwalo@yahoo.com The given work is devoted to one of the most important problems of unemployment in many nations’ economies. The main goals of this work are to make analysis of the tendency of trend of the unemployment rate

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    Define the Problem: The real national unemployment rate is higher than the U.S. Department of Labor’s December figure shows. When the underemployed and discouraged are added to the unemployment numbers‚ the national unemployed rate rises to 16.6%. This causes morale to be low and Americans seem to be giving up. Variables Identified by Order of Influence: 1. The government no longer counts people as unemployed when they stop looking for work. The unemployment numbers don’t account for part-time

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    is able and willing to work yet is unable to find a job. Unemployment rate is the number of people officially unemployed divided by the labor force. Official unemployment measures those over the age of 16 who are able for employment‚ but are unable to obtain a job. The labor force is the number of people over the age of 16 who are either employed or unemployed. In year 2005‚ unemployment rate in Malaysia (3.0%) higher than unemployment rate in Cambodia (2.5%). Malaysia is a heaven for job seekers

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    09/20/2013 U.S. Unemployment Issues Fluctuation of unemployment rates is a natural occurrence in any economy. Many speculate that if something cannot be done to resolve the current issues plaguing the rate of unemployment in the U.S. the result will soon be an economic crash resembling the Great Depression of the 1930’s. This is something that we as a nation continue to address but cannot seem to get under control‚ causing our economy to sustain substantial damage. This is a highly debated issue

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    Unemployment – Causes I am going to offer my theory as to the real cause of unemployment‚ for every cause there is an effect. The process of cause and effect.       It’s hard to live a normal healthy life without a job and money. There are many reasons why people are unemployed‚ but in turn this state of unemployment can cause one to experience financial‚ emotional‚ and personal problems.       The most common causes of unemployment are getting fired and laid off for specific reasons

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    The Psychological Impact of Unemployment Jackson Lee Kok Onn B1103110 HELP University Outline I. Introduction A. Opener: B. Thesis Statement: Unemployment not only affects the country’s economic status but also leads to various psychological impacts on the unemployed group. II. People who are unemployed have a higher risk to suffer from depression. A. Depressed most of the day as indicated by subjective reports or observation B. Occurs when people lose their jobs

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    SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Sociological Perspective Provides very general ways of conceptualizing the social world and its basic elements. Provides a set of assumptions‚ interrelated concepts and statements about how various social phenomena are related to one another. Sociology contains  a large number of distinctive perspectives and they can be divided into two broad categories: micro and macro. Functionalism Functionalism is a macro perspective  that examines the creation‚ maintenance‚

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    KATILI UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI WELFARE ECONOMICS PROFESSOR KAMAU Abstract Unemployment can be defined as a state where by people are unable to contribute to the economic growth due to lack of jobs. These people must however be qualified and constantly looking for a job without any success. They therefore fail to secure an opportunity that can enable them to earn their living. Because of unemployment‚ people are unable to contribute to the economic growth‚ not because they are weak‚ but

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