1. Identify the type of unemployment referred to in the BBC article and outline the main causes of this form of unemployment. (1) Cyclical Unemployment‚ ment to describe the unemployment associated with business cycles occuring in the economy. Cyclical unemployment occurs during recessions because‚ when demand for goods and services in an economy falls‚ some companies respond by cutting production and laying off workers rather than by reducing wages and prices. (2) Unemployed individuals are
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Unemployment and inflation are two intricately linked economic concepts. Over the years there have been a number of economists trying to interpret the relationship between the concepts of inflation and unemployment. There are two possible explanations of this relationship – one in the short term and another in the long term. In the short term there is an inverse correlation between the two. As per this relation‚ when the unemployment is on the higher side‚ inflation is on the lower side and the inverse
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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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According from the article that I read about “The Unemployment Issue Among the Malay Job Seekers”‚ I do not agree with some of the statement that the writer states in the article. In my opinion‚ firstly‚ I do not agree when the writer say that Malays student can’t get along with other races students. From my experience‚ most Chinese students are hard to get along and tolerate with Malays or maybe Indians in school or college. I am not sure the statement is based on what IPT whether public or private
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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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Theories of Unemployment: The article that I took was from the Irish Independent which was printed on the Wednesday 2nd February 2011. 5‚700 more jobless signing on The number of people signing on for benefits increased by more than 5‚700 in the last 12 months‚ official figures revealed today. There were 442‚677 people on the dole in January‚ taking the unemployment rate to 13.4pc - a slight fall on the previous month. Separate figures compiled by the Government revealed there were 4‚893 redundancies
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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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Institution: Inflation is the rise in general prices of goods and services over a specific period of time. Unemployment is a state where people are able and willing to work at the ongoing market prices of labour but they are unable to secure a job. According to the Phillips curve‚ there is a consistent relationship between inflation and unemployment (Nevile‚ J. W. 1981‚ pg 3). When the rate of unemployment is low‚ the level of inflation is high and when the level of employment is high‚ inflation level is
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UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM IN INDIA India’s educated youths are facing some serious issues like educated unemployment and underemployment. Currently‚ in India‚ we have fairly low inflation but unemployment is high. In particular‚ educated unemployment is very high. It is around 20 % among graduates. One suspects that political instability in the country‚ lack of entrepreneurship‚ lack of quality education and quality students‚ for instance is the result of excessive unemployment. Bad education
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Youth Unemployment Amar Chamas Charbel Makhlouf Pamela Atallah Mohamad Fattouh Nazih Chbeir PSPA 202 American University of Beirut Question 1- What is the problem? When we refer to youth adults we mean those individuals who are between 20 and 40 years. Youth Unemployment can be defined as individuals who are raging between 20 to 40 years‚ are not being working for a period of time‚ and are seeking to find job. “More than 200 million people are globally unemployed today‚ with the unemployment rate
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