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    Unemployment benefits

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    Unemployment Benefits and how it affects the Unemployment rate. Critical and Creative Thinking Hum/111 01/23/2014 When asked to pick a topic recently from the world of business and news I could not think of a better controversial topic than the world of Unemployment Benefits and if and how the long term benefits lead to long term Unemployment rate. When looking at this issue there is two sides of the fence and depending on what side you are on or what possibly has

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    Unemployment Rate

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    Introduction The nation’s high unemployment rate is a result of a severe drop in demand for goods and services. It’s not a reflection of longer-term structural changes in the economy but rather cyclical changes in the economy. The demand for goods has been limited because of tight credit‚ decreases in government budgets‚ suppression of demand by consumers and foreign markets‚ and the inability by the fed lower interest rates. Even with the low level of interest rates the Fed is currently practicing

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    Poverty

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    poverty Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs‚ which commonly includes food‚ water‚ sanitation‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.[2][3] For much of history‚ poverty was considered largely unavoidable as traditional modes of production were

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    Apprenticeships and Unemployment The boon for the American economy comes from three directions in the short view‚ and infinite possibilities in the long view. First‚ there would be more Americans working. If more are working‚ then in theory‚ fewer would require government assistance. That would both expand the tax base because more people would be contributing to it‚ and reduce the amount of tax dollars obligated to subsidies‚ benefits‚ and entitlements because fewer people would be taking

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    Unemployment Commentary

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    Economics Commentary U.S. Employers slashed jobs for the third straight month in March and unemployment rose to a nearly three-year high‚ offering the latest signs that the economy has fallen into a recession. The Labor Department’s much anticipated report‚ released Friday the 4th of April‚ showed a net loss of 80‚000 jobs last month. That marks the third straight month that jobs have fallen - the longest period of decline since early 2003. Now having acknowledged that the US is in a recession

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    #4 (Unemployment) 1. The natural rate of unemployment definition: the long-run average or “steady state” rate of unemployment depends on the rates of job separation and job finding 2. Frictional unemployment due to the time it takes to match workers with jobs may be increased by unemployment insurance 3. Structural unemployment results from wage rigidity: the real wage remains above the equilibrium level caused by: minimum wage‚ unions‚ efficiency wages 4. Duration of unemployment most

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    Singapores Unemployment

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    Unemployment Rate in Singapore decreased to 1.80 percent in the third quarter of 2013 from 2.10 percent in the second quarter of 2013. Unemployment Rate in Singapore is reported by the Ministry of Manpower Singapore. Unemployment Rate in Singapore averaged 2.51 Percent from 1986 until 2013‚ reaching an all time high of 6 Percent in the first quarter of 1986 and a record low of 1.40 Percent in the second quarter of 1990. In Singapore‚ the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking

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    Causes of Unemployment

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    Causes of Unemployment In Malaysia‚ the unemployment rate is considered low compared to the early years such as 1986 where the unemployment rate reached as high as 7.6%. Today the unemployment rate is still affected by many factors and in order to make sure it doesn’t reach as high as before‚ we need to find out the causes of unemployment so that we can provide a solution to the cause of it. Foreign labor force with lower wage or salary Redundant workers and fresh graduates with qualifications

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    Notes Unemployment

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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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    poverty

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    Problem of Poverty Poverty is defines as inadequate supply of items that are essential to live a healthy and comfortable life. In the western developed countries some people are poor not because they lack food‚ clothing or shelter but because he may not have car‚ TV‚ computers‚ pressure cooker etc. But in India‚ poor people means those who do not get two square meals a day‚ they sleep on others pavements and live bare bodied and bare footed. Steps taken to Alleviate Poverty As the number

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