Policies for Reducing Unemployment There are two main strategies for reducing unemployment - • Demand side policies to reduce demand-deficient unemployment (unemployment caused by recession) • Supply side policies to reduce structural unemployment / (the natural rate of unemployment) Demand Side Policies [pic] Demand side policies are important when there is a recession and rise in cyclical unemployment. (e.g. after 1991 recession and after 2008 recession) 1. Fiscal
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economy becomes volatile. This is where the government steps in to collect data regarding the unemployment in our country. (United States Department of Labor‚ Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ How the Government Measures Unemployment) Where do the statistics come from It’s more complicated than just looking up unemployment insurance (UI) information. That is how most people tend to think that the unemployment numbers are determined. This couldn’t be further from the truth. When the insurance benefits
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| | | | |2009 |7.70 |8.20 |8.60 |8.90 |9.40 |9.50 |9.40 |9.70 |9.80 |10.10 |10.00 |10.00 | |2008 |5.00 |4.80 |5.10 |5.00 |5.40 |5.50 |5.80 |6.10 |6.20 |6.60 |6.90 |7.40 | |The current total unemployment in US is getting higher because of several reasons. Firstly‚ the reason of the current total unemployment is 10 percent and it is higher than the year before is because many of the citizens stopped looking for job and so they are considered as unemployed workers. They are technically workers that
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Unemployment as a Measure of Welfare Unemployment‚ as defined in books‚ is a situation wherein a person is jobless but is actively looking for work. To get the unemployment rate‚ we divide the total number of unemployed to the total labor force. Unemployment rate is sometimes used to determine the economic growth of a country. Unemployment has remained high in the Philippines for the past years. Since unemployment means no job‚ it is usually believed to be the cause of poverty. Our government
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Unemployment in United States Unemployment has been a problem throughout the United States since the beginning of 2009. In the most obvious sense‚ unemployment means “being without a job.” The term unemployment is one description of the economic condition of a society at any given time. Low unemployment means the majority of the labor force is involved in‚ or looking for steady work. On the other hand‚ high unemployment is an indication of an economy in recession or even worse. This implies that
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Unemployment or Inflation Wall Street Journal Assignment #1 Unemployment and inflation have an inverse relationship meaning that as one increases‚ the other decreases. According to the textbook‚ an ideal situation for the Federal Reserve would be to achieve both a low level of unemployment and a low level of inflation. After the 9/11 attacks in New York‚ the United States was put in a tragic financial crisis that led to the recession in 2008. While the debate for the causes of the 2008 recession
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i) Frictional Unemployment The function of labour market is to match available jobs with available workers. If all jobs and workers were the same‚ or if the set of jobs and workers were static and unchanging‚ this matching process would be quick and easy. But the real world is more complicated. In practice‚ both jobs and workers are highly heterogeneous (non-uniform). Jobs differ in their locations‚ in the skills they require‚ in the working conditions and hours‚ and in many other ways. Workers
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Some Consequences of Unemployment We often hear about the main causes for unemployment. When consumers buy fewer goods‚ shops and factories may have to reduce the number of workers or close entirely. As the government collects less sales tax‚ civil employees may likewise lose their jobs. Changes in technology may also bring about a rise in unemployment as workers are no longer needed in certain sectors. Natural disasters such as tornadoes and floods may cause so much damage that normal employment
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Unemployment among graduate students Unemployment among graduates is a serious problem in Malaysia. Unemployment describes the state of a worker who is able and willing to take work but cannot find it. A high unemployment rate generally indicates an economy in recession with few job opportunities. In Malaysia‚ today situation is different compare to twenty years ago as there is increase of competitiveness and volatility in labor market. Graduates not only need to compete among themselves‚ but
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has a huge population. It has also limited resources. As a result‚ it faces a number of problems. Unemployment problem is one of them. It is next to population problem but more serious than the late. It has posed a great threat for our country. Unemployment is the condition of remaining without job. It is a problem because it hampers all national and economic progress. The main cause of unemployment is illiteracy. The second cause of it is the unwillingness of doing any work. The third cause is the
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