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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Solns: The need for Reforms: Diagnosing the Problems of Education in Africa Proactively speaking‚ I strongly believe that there is possibility for a virtuous circle of education and growth in Africa before the turn of the century‚ and we need to create it. “This means that finance ministers of our States in Africa should be concerned about education‚ and education ministers about economic growth.” South Africa for example should emphasized technical and vocational education by giving it prestige
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My prevailing concerns for the United States of America and its future are unemployment and underemployment. These two issues cannot be solved by throwing money at the problem or creating additional meaningless regulations. These concerns must be faced with vigor and the willingness to experience trial and error. Unemployment in the United States is staggering. The U.S. needs to end outsourcing and once again begin manufacturing their own goods‚ preferably exporting more than they import. It is
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Halankar 1 Nayan S. Halankar Economies In Transition Nek Buzdar‚ Ph.D Unemployment in Ukraine Ukraine is a country of 47‚732‚079 million people with more than 21.29 million in the labor force. It is situated between Russia and Europe. Historically‚ eastern Ukraine had strong links with Russia and became part of the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great‚ while western Ukraine was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and latterly of the Habsburg Empire. After Russia‚ the
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Here are four individuals telling you their stories of how they became unemployed. In a multi-paragraph essay‚ apply the theories of unemployment to explain the type of unemployment that each of these individuals is facing and explain which of these individuals qualifies for unemployment benefits: Two months ago‚ Marcelle used to work full time in an automobile manufacturing firm. "The factory where I used to work has closed because our market contracted so much‚ and so I was laid off. This is happening
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A major problem in the United States is the high unemployment rate. Many Americans are unemployed which in turn is hurting our economy. There are a few ways we could lower the rate of unemployment‚ education in modern technological jobs‚ offering tax incentives to company’s to hire Americans instead of going over seas‚ and with job creation. By allowing the small business to thrive‚ they will produce the most jobs for the dollar invested. First‚ education in modern technological jobs could prepare
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Unemployment & How It Effects Society Final Project Towards the end of the Bush administration and the beginning of the Obama administration‚ unemployment began to peak‚ and eventually was at an all time high since the Great Depression. Unemployment affects individuals as well as society as a whole. It affects the outlook of the country; the families that help build the nation‚ and the progress of said nation. Unemployment is said to create a ripple effect‚ it is the headline factor that
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Unemployment in Bihar : About 8.3% working hands are unemployed in Bihar. This is 2.5 times more the national average of unemployment for the last fiscal‚ informs the labour bureau‚ a wing of the Union labour ministry. As per the data compiled on the basis of status of 10 to 12 families across all blocks nationally‚ 203 women and 58 men out of each 1‚000 persons are unemployed. Senior joint director of finance and statistical department‚ Bihar‚ Jitendra Kumar Sinha‚ said more than 10‚000 households
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Unemployment is one of the biggest problems of Pakistan. Even a person unemployed who has ability to do work and is willing to do work is unable to get job opportunity .In the current situation more than 30 lac people are unemployed in Pakistan and unemployment ratio is more than 12/I want to share the reasons because of which the rate of unemployment in Pakistan is very high . The higher growth rate of population is the major cause of unemployment in Pakistan .the resources of the country are
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The Study addresses basically the issue of youth unemployment within the overall context of the Lebanese labor market conditions. It has proposed an in-depth analysis of the conditions prevailing in the Lebanese labor market‚ and associates the impact of the Lebanese civil strife that raged the country in 1975‚ on the socio-economic structure of the country‚ affecting mostly the Lebanese economy. The study was divided into four sections: 1. An overview of the Lebanese labor market; 2. The youth
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