During the 1970’s-1990’s the increase in the rate of unemployment in Australia can be explained through the combination of increasing real wage rates and a slow rate of output growth. The reason behind such prolonged periods of high unemployment was due to our inability to reverse the effects of the sudden unemployment rate shocks fast enough (prolonged recovery periods) which resulted in Australia experiencing high levels of long-term unemployment. In May 1997‚ 30% of unemployed Australians had been
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Factors Causing Unemployment Even with a booming economy‚ there are still some countries experiencing the imminent problem of unemployment. This paper analyzes the major factors affecting the high unemployment rate in the Philippines. The country has showed some positive progress on their economy; however‚ its unemployment rate still ranks highest among its neighboring Southeast Asian countries. Unemployment affects so many aspects of the economy‚ so knowing the root causes of unemployment will help the
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Essay Topic: Unemployment in India: Causes‚ Effects and Solutions Unemployment refers to the the state of being unemployed or not having a job i.e. joblessness. A person is said to be unemployed if he or she is looking for work or is willing to work at the prevailing wage but is unable to find the job. Our country is set to be progressing by leaps and bounds in the matter of economy but this progress is low sided that the net results is the sharp increase in the number of unemployed. Population
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on the crime rate in the US. The model is estimated using the OLS procedure and a cross-sectional data set across the fifty states in 2000. The four variables that are found to have significant coefficients are police expenditures per crime in 1999‚ unemployment rate‚ per capita income‚ and the percentage of people living in poverty. Specifically‚ for every dollar increase per crime in 1999‚ the crime rate is found to decline by 260 crimes per 100‚000 population. When the unemployment rate increases
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Unemployment Rates in the United States According to the most recent report put out by the United States Department of Labor‚ in the month of February‚ 49 states saw a decrease in nonfarm employment while Louisiana was the only one where they had seen an increase in nonfarm employment. California had a decrease in jobs since January by 116‚000 with Florida in second with 49‚500 jobs lost. While Alaska seen the smallest decease in unemployment by just 100. And again Louisiana is the only state
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Alabama‚ to restrain appellants‚ the Attorney General and the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alabama‚ from collecting the money contributions exacted of them by the provisions of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Act. 4. From the decrees of the district court‚ three judges‚ granting the relief prayed‚ the case comes here on appeal. 5. The Unemployment Compensation Act sets up a comprehensive scheme for providing unemployment benefits for workers employed within the state by employers
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NIGERIA’S HIGH RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT 18 Sep 2013 The government should move fast to curtail the scourge The chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Employment Programme (Sure-P)‚ Dr. Christopher Kolade‚ has bemoaned the rising rate of unemployment in the country‚ saying that no fewer than 40 million Nigerians are without jobs. Even before Dr. Kolade spoke‚ Nigerians were already aware of the dire situation as unemployment rate in the country has been increasing over the years. According to
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crisis. In last few years‚ unemployment has become a serious and top most problem in many part of the world. Also increased globalizations have put more employee job into risk. The under developing countries like India‚ china are facing their bad time. Emerging economies like China and India are affected by the negative influence of the US Subprime Market Crisis. By reducing the demand for labor we can bring economic downturn‚ but it tends to increase the unemployment level in the formal sector
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vicious circle of poverty. Second‚ there is a great deal of troubles for the society with too many people. For example‚ the appreciation of unemployment rates will cause bad impacts on social welfare; and the education and healthcare system may not be able to meet the needs of the public. Also‚ the community will be suffered from severe hunger‚ formidable crime rates and unstable politic situation. Moreover‚ when the planet gets more crowded‚ the environment is also threatened. Along with the intensive
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1301 Dr. Clark Income Inequality and Mass Unemployment: How Are They Related and What Can the Government Intervene Income inequality can be defined as the unequal distribution of individual or household income across the various participants in an economy. The most common causes of income inequality are usually education and training‚ natural talent‚ discrimination‚ preferences and risks‚ market power and unequal distribution of wealth. Unemployment‚ which occurs when a person who is actively
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