Econ 1023 (FR05B) Assignment One Due January 23‚ 2013 1. Classify each of the following items as included or not included in GDP. Give an explanation for those that you judge as not included. State when applicable‚ the expenditure category in which each good is included. a. The purchase of copy paper by PepsiCo‚ which is used by the company staff. Answer: This case is not included in GDP‚ because it is an intermediate goods. b. The purchase of an electronic handheld organizer
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A. Normative Minimum wage in my opinion does not create unemployment among young and unskilled workers. Most unskilled workers enter in the workforce earning minimum wage. Young people are eager to start working in most markets. They usually understand that they have to start out at a low rate of pay or minimum wage. B. Positive Usually when a product decreases in price more people want to have it. Take for example cell phones. When they initially hit the market they were basically
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ARE GRADUATES TO BE BLAMED? UNEMPLOYMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA By Norshima Zainal Shah Dublin City University‚ Ireland ABSTRACT The primary aim of this paper is to identify future help which can contribute towards reducing the unemployment rate of graduates in Malaysia‚ especially those with Computer Science Degrees. It does so by gaining initial insights into this problem through two groups: graduates and employers. The data draws on why graduates are unemployed from their own
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Poverty and Unemployment in India Presented by Md Akram Saba(09HS2027) Types of Poverty • Absolute Poverty • Relative Poverty Relative Poverty • Relative Poverty refers to the Income or Asset Position of one individual‚Class or Group of People in comparison with the other individual‚Classes or Groups. Absolute Poverty • Absolute poverty is associated with a Minimum Level Living or Minimum Consumption Requirements of Food‚Clothing‚Housing‚Health‚etc. • All those People who fail
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optimistic. Those school leavers in the age of 15-24 entering the labor market have little competitiveness compared graduate job applicants‚ especially when the supply of graduate workers are so abundant in the market (Chung Kim-wah 2009). The unemployment rate of them keeps rising and reached 19.5% in 2008 (Youth Study Series 2009). Those unemployed receive no salary while they need money for daily expenses‚ creating potential financial burden on them. Facing competition among themselves‚ the young
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build their livelihoods through buying then selling goods and services. In addition‚ there is little to no government intervention‚ so people can amass wealth without fear of retribution. There is a downfall to this seemingly flawless concept: unemployment. In a society whose standard of living is based solely on their income‚ it’s not unusual to see how rampant the economic imbalance is in America. Because of this imbalance‚ there is widespread homelessness‚ unreliable employment‚ and unnecessary
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Depression came as a surprise to Canadians. When the stock market in the US‚ the biggest exported target for Canada’s primary resources after war‚ crashed‚ they reduced their demand for the products‚ people in Canada’s primary industries went bankrupt‚ unemployment rate raised from four point two percent to thirty percent‚ people could no more effort the luxurious lives‚ they did not buy much goods‚ which made other Canadian companies bankrupt‚ within a year millions of Canadians lost their jobs. Canadian
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Consequently‚ those countries are struggling to repay the long-term foreign debts and unable to escape the 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
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CASE STUDY Cherry Grace Cuizon Danice Marie Lorenzo Roselle Corpuz Roleen Carl Cuarteron Ralph Anthon Tato Problem The increasing number of unemployment rate in the Philippines and parallel to this is the increasing number of poor people Objectives Alternative Course of Action Freeing the majority of the Filipino people from feudal bondage through a genuine agrarian reform program and rural industrialization. Establishing a livelihood and vocational programs in ever community if possible
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story ------------------------------------------------- Related Stories * Thailand’s economy enters recessionWatch Thailand has fallen into recession after the economy shrank unexpectedly in the second quarter of the year. The 0.3% contraction in gross domestic product between April and June followed a previous fall of 1.7% during the first quarter of 2013. Previously‚ Thailand had been recording strong economic growth‚ outpacing other economies in the region‚ with expansion of more than 6% during
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