Unemployment: Introduction: Unemployment (or joblessness) occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. During periods of recession‚ an economy usually experiences a relatively high unemployment rate. In a 2011 news story‚ Business Week reported‚ "More than 200 million people globally
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Unemployment is a serious problem in our country‚ which leads to poverty. Many people are eager to find jobs SuPport themselves as well as their families but there are not enough jobs for everyone. As a result the problem of unemployment is seen at every level. Lack of job opportunities has brought depression and hopelessness among our youth. It has made them to go astray which creates many other problems like drug addiction‚ identity crises‚ etc. Let us first examine the causes of the problem
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AIMS OF STUDY The aim of this School Based Assessment is to investigate unemployment in the community of Block 2E Garvey Meade‚ Portmore and to give or suggest recommendations that can be put in place to improve the unemployment rate in the community Methodology EMPLOYED In order to carry out this research the researcher will be using printed questionnaires. A questionnaire is an inexpensive way to gather data from a potentially large number of respondents‚ it is a series of questions written
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International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 16; September 2011 GRADUATES’ CHARACTERISTICS AND UNEMPLOYMENT: A STUDY AMONG MALAYSIAN GRADUATES Associate Professor Dr. Noor Azina Ismail Department of Applied Statistics Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia E-mail: nazina@um.edu.my‚ Phone: +603 79673638 Abstract The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of graduates’ characteristics on the chance of being
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The issue of unemployment in America has been one of the most significant political topics. In August of 2001‚ the unemployment rate of the US was approximately 4.9%. Now‚ 10 years later‚ the unemployment rate has nearly doubled‚ and is currently 9.1% ("U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics."). Unemployment has become a major problem today because of its negative effects on the economy overall. The American Recovery and Reinstatement Act was passed in 2009 by President Barack Obama with the aim of reducing
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Youth Unemployment Introduction Youth unemployment‚ which encompasses individuals in the age range of 15 to 24‚ is the demographic that is the most likely to be unemployed. This can often be attributed to the difficult time youth may have transitioning from school to work‚ especially for those who have neither experience nor education to secure a job in the current labor market. The purpose of this report is to discuss the current youth unemployment rate
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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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SÖNMEZIŞIK&İBRAHİM ETEM GİRGİN 2001461168 2001461170 2001461092 UNEMPLOYMENT AND TURKISH CASE SOME KEY TERMS TYPES OF UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT AND TURKEY SOME KEY TERMS • Unemployment: can be defined as the number of people (of working age) who are willing and available to work at current wage rates‚ but not currently employed • Unemployment rate: the percentage of the labour force without a job but registered as being willing and available for
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Unemployment Unemployment occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work. Africa is deeply affected with a high rate of unemployment especially among the youth. Africa is now having the most youthful population in the world with the youth covering close to between 60% and 70% of the continents population. This menace poses great threats to the strength and growth of Africa. Though unemployment is seen manifested all over the world‚ the case of Africa is very dilapidating to say
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Structural Unemployment The unemployment has being a big issue for United States since the big recession started in 2008. According to the United States Department of labor the unemployment rate is 8.2 percent for may 2012‚ in others words‚ around 14.000 million of people in USA are unemployed; however‚ and spite of the great necessity of unemployment people for finding a job there are approximately 3.500 million of open jobs that cannot be fill because of the mismatch of labor force’s skills and
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