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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FRAUD FACTS Issue 12 April 2011 INFORMATION FOR ORGANISATIONS An introduction to fraud detection Fraud detection should form part of an organisation’s overall anti-fraud strategy to identify and stop new or historical fraud at the earliest opportunity. Effective fraud detection saves money and protects businesses and their employees‚ shareholders and customers. What is fraud detection? Fraud detection is the identification of actual or potential fraud within an organisation. It relies upon the implementation
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money supply. That helped to decrease the inflation and increase the growth of GDP by almost 30% in four years. But by 1999 the economy suffered the worst decline since 1930’s and Argentina entered the worst economic crisis in its history. The GDP decreased by almost 20%‚ unemployment drew significantly that caused many public protests and riots in the country. By 2002 the growth of GDP slowly returned and the new government taking different measurements to get the economy back on track. The current
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Good Governance is Key to Solving Pakistan’s Energy Crisis By Majyd Aziz In Pakistan’s energy scenario‚ the chickens have‚ literally‚ come home to roost. Years of indecisiveness coupled with the hackneyed assertions that Pakistan has more electricity than required has manifested into a situation where the nation’s foundations are now shaking. New words have entered the domestic lexicon and even the uninitiated are recognising and understanding the ramifications of these new or oft-used words
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this performance – the long term unemployment in Japan. According to Bloomberg‚ AFP on Business Times dated on 30 November 2011‚ it was mentioned the country faced a high unemployment rate at 4.5% in October 2011 which is higher than the 29 economists’ prediction. Our aim is to exam the causes of Japan’s long term unemployment in recent years in general and to understand about the measurement that the Japanese government has taken to minimise the high unemployment rate. The article‚ in brief‚ mentioned
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What caused unemployment in France? This is the underlying question‚ reading through the case‚ it is apparent that many influential people‚ be it‚ high ranking officials in the French government or students like us at Thunderbird‚ have all tried to understand the root problem. Many measures were taken in France during those times of crisis‚ however it is clear to me that all of the laws they have adjusted during that period of 1981-1994‚ have been “Kneejerk” reactions‚ rather than a sustainable solutions
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main means by which unemployment can be controlled? Unemployment‚ the state of being unemployed‚ especially involuntarily can cause big problems in our modern world. But how does one measure such an enormous prospect? When measuring unemployment it is first necessary to measure the working population‚ as not every person is able to work. Looking at the elderly and young children as labour resources would be a waste of time. Therefore the first step to controlling unemployment would be to first measure
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presently employed divided by the population of working age. Unemployment is a situation where labour force participants are avaible‚ willing to work and actively looking for a job but are unable to find any jobs. Labor force is defined as the people above the age of 16 and older who are employed or are actively seeking employment. Unemployment rate can be calculated by dividing the number of unemployed with the labor force. Changes in unemployment depend mostly on inflows made up of non-employed people
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Number: CIIT/FA14-BSE-083/ATK “Causes of Unemployment” There are many quotes about unemployment according to Calvin Coolidge unemployment occurs ‘’When large numbers of men are unable to find work unemployment results’’. According to Frank P. Louchheim ‚ ’’An ‘acceptable’ level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job’’. While George Walker Bush said‚ ‘’In the long run‚ the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs’’. Keeping the above
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Why is youth unemployment so high? May 8th 2013‚ 23:50 by J.F. | NEW YORK YOUTH unemployment is blighting a whole generation of youngsters. The International Labour Organisation estimates there are 75m 15-to-24-year-olds looking for work across the globe. But this figure excludes a large number of youngsters who do not participate in the labour market at all. Among the 34 members of the OECD‚ a club of rich nations‚ it is estimated there are 26m youths not in education‚ employment or training
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