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unemployment
unemployment Inability of workers who are ready, able and willing to work to find employment. Unemployment is usually expressed as a percentage of the labour force.
Cyclical unemployment exists when the level of aggregate demand in the economy is less than that required to maintain full employment. People are laid off, and their jobs simply disappear.
Structural unemployment exists when jobs are available and workers are seeking jobs, but they cannot fill vacancies for some reason (for example, they lack proper training or live too far away).
Technological unemployment exists when workers are replaced by machines faster than they can find alternative employment.
Seasonal unemployment occurs when workers are unable to find jobs at certain seasons of the year. Such workers are usually engaged in construction, agriculture, or the tourist industry.
Underemployment is inefficient use of labour (for example, an employer may keep unneeded workers on the payroll when demand falls in order to have experienced help available when demand increases).
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Unemployment Rates Fall for OKC, Tulsa, Statewide
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 4/21/1994; ; 700+ words
; Managing Editor Unemployment in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan...from 6 percent in February. The unemployment rate for the six county area was...a labor force of 510,100. The unemployment rate statewide in March was 6...
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Unemployment Increases in All State Metro Areas
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 3/31/1994; ; 700+ words
; Managing Editor Unemployment increased in February from January...in all four metropolitan areas. Unemployment for the Oklahoma City Metropolitan...with employment of 477,400 and unemployment at 30,500, the commission said...
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UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT EXTENSION:REBECCA BLANK, PH. D.
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 4/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...Congressional Testimony 04-10-2008 unemployment rate by age group at the beginning...compared to July 1990 even though overall unemployment is lower. This is because the weights...shifted. If you take the age-specific unemployment rates in March 2008 and weight them...
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Unemployment, inflation and bonds.
Magazine article from: Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content; 11/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Chris Dillow MARKETS: High US unemployment points to inflation falling. But this...necessarily good news for bonds. Is high US unemployment a reason to be optimistic about bond...Superficially, it seems so - after all, unemployment keeps a lid on wages and contains inflation...
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Unemployment insurance in the United States and Europe, 1973 -83.
Magazine article from: Monthly Labor Review; 4/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...industrial countries have altered their unemployment insurance provisions with these problems in mind The unemployment insurance systems of Western European...strong pressures because of higher unemployment rates and prolonged spells of unemployment...
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Unemployment rates drop in Orangeburg, S.C., area for April.
Newspaper article from: Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC); 5/21/2005; 700+ words
; May 21--Unemployment rates declined in The T&D Region for...Friday. It is the second consecutive month unemployment rates have declined. Orangeburg County's unemployment rate for the month was 8.6 percent. The rate...
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On indexing unemployment.
Magazine article from: Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business; 9/22/1989; ; 700+ words
; ON INDEXING UNEMPLOYMENT In a relatively short time span...persistent increase in the rate of unemployment appears to have occurred since the...sensitive to the source of changes in unemployment and to recognize that unemployment...
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Unemployment duration and labor market tightness
Magazine article from: Chicago Fed Letter; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Since the last recession, average unemployment durations have been surprisingly high...also argue that given any level of the unemployment rate, higher average durations should...series evidence on the significance of unemployment durations for current inflationary...
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Unemployment won't lower inflation.
Magazine article from: Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content; 2/16/2009; 700+ words
; ...as Norman Lamont once said... Unemployment has risen again. Recent figures...there's a silver lining here - high unemployment should lead to lower inflation, since...years. My chart shows this. It plots unemployment (on the claimant count) against the...
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Unemployment in Maryland lowest in more than 15 years.
PR Newswire; 1/18/1990; 700+ words
; UNEMPLOYMENT IN MARYLAND LOWEST IN MORE THAN 15...Development (DEED). The state's unemployment rate, while unchanged from October...During November, Maryland's statewide unemployment rate was the eighth lowest in the country...
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Unemployment
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT. Few economic indicators are as important as the unemployment rate. A high unemployment rate, such as during the Great Depression, can precipitate tremendous political and legal change. Low unemployment is one of the...
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Federal Unemployment Tax Act (1939)
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
Federal Unemployment Tax Act (1939) Ellen P. Aprill The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) (P.L. 76-379) emerged...priority to the establishment of some form of unemployment insurance. They believed that involuntarily...
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Unemployment Compensation
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION Insurance benefits paid...as food, clothing, and shelter. Unemployment compensation for U.S. workers was...xA7; § 301 et seq.). Unemployment insurance provides work-ers who have...
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Compensation, Unemployment
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Compensation, Unemployment Unemployment compensation (or benefit) consists of an insurance payment...by payroll contributions, that is paid to workers entering unemployment. This public insurance payment allows workers to smooth their...
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unemployment
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
unemployment condition of one who is able to work but...law; however it is now recognized that unemployment often arises from factors beyond the control of the individual worker. Unemployment may be due to seasonal layoffs (e.g...
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