...This was epitomized by John Mc Guirk, whom many would describe as conservative, who stated that the scheme is “an odious idea, designed to win votes from grumpy taxpayers on the backs of the “lazy” unemployed, and to detract attention from the failings of the government. It should be resisted fiercely.” Today my colleague and I urge you to resist this motion fiercely, for such a scheme is simply imprudent. I resent the fact that we have been dubbed as the “shameless generation”, a generation of beer guzzling Frank Gallagher’s, dependent on benefits. For it is simply not true. this motion fails to recognize the diverse broad spectrum of people who have found themselves unemployed and receive benefits. The unemployed is now the single mother whom can no longer work due to increasing child care costs and a lack of support, the boy who had worked persistently for years to achieve a university degree only to be unable to find a job, the 55 year old women who worked and paid taxes her entire life, to be betrayed by the government through such a scheme. The philosopher and leader in world peace Jane Addams declared “Of all the aspects of social misery nothing is as heartbreaking as unemployment”, and it is a quote which resonates in the hearts of many. We must recognize that the unemployed are not the crux of the recession – the recession is caused by globalization, emigration of skilled workers, technology replacing the need for human work force and debt crises. The government has neglected...
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...There is a great deal of resources in today's society for individuals to benefit from if and when times get rough. Unemployment is certainly one of those critical times when people lose their home and so much more. Since 2005, the United States has seen the unemployment rate as high as 9.61% annual in 2010 and as low as 4.61% annual in 2006. The chart below shows the unemployment rate nationwide over the past 16 years. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey (Unemployment Rate) Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | 2005 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.08 | 2006 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.61 | 2007 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.62 | 2008 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 5.80 | 2009 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.28 | 2010 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.61 | 2011 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.94 | 2012 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.07 | 2013 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.37 | 2014 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.15 | 2015 | 5.7 |...
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...CARBOHYDRATES (sugars, starches, cellulose) * Made from joining H2O and CO2 by plants during photosynthesis * Monomer: Simple sugars: CH2O (ratio of one carbon and one oxygen to every 2 hydrogen) * Three main functions: energy for cells, structural support, cell-cell communication * Three main sources of carbohydrate: starches, sugar and cellulose. 3 Kinds of Sugars A. Monosaccharides (Simple sugars) – Building blocks of more complex carbohydrates. * Glucose (dextrose or blood sugar) - grape sugar, corn sugar, dextrose * Fructose (fruit sugar) - honey * Galactose – (milk sugar) * Mannose - plant sugar: a six-carbon sugar found in many plant cell Molecular Formula: C6H12O6 B. Disaccharides (Double sugars) - Two simple sugars bonded together * Maltose (malt sugar) – made up of two glucose molecule * Lactose (milk sugar) – made up of one glucose molecule and one galactose molecule * Sucrose (table sugar) – made up of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule Molecular Formula: C12H22O11 C. Polysaccharides (Complex Sugars) – made up of many glucose molecules bonded together in a long chain. 3 Kinds of Polysaccharides: a. Starches – are stored in potatoes, beans and grains. b. Glycogen (animal starch) – stored in animal liver c. Cellulose – found in the cell wall of plant cells Lipids * They are a great source of STORED ENERGY so we have it in the future. * They produce hormones for the body...
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...It is better for people to be unemployed than people to be employed but they do not enjoy. Do you agree or disagree? I worked in a nine- to- five job as a banker for five years and wanted to die of my job, but had to resort to continue working to earn my living. In my opinion, working in a career that we do not have a deep passion for is not a totally good choice because this will alleviate people’s working satisfaction and adversely affect their career prospect, but it is still better than being unemployed in terms of financial perspective. An increasing number of people are changing their careers. What are the reasons? Do you think this is a positive or negative development to society? My brother had ten-year working experience and he made changes in his career more than five times. In my view, frequent changes in occupation are caused not only by the explosion of technology but also people’s new desire. As the result, the society has to struggle with the lack of skilled workforce. Advertising discourages people from being different individuals by making us want to be and to look the same. To what extent do you agree or disagree? People in Vietnam wear similar clothes, use high-tech gadgets of the same brand and share many other items in common. Personally, this trend proliferates due to the domination and attractiveness of some advertising campaigns of well-known brands. But, advertising is not the unique culprit because people also look the same when they imitate...
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...dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. The International Labour Organization has four different methods on calculating unemployment rates. The four methods of calculation are labour force sample surveys, official estimates, social insurance statistics, and employment office statistics. Sample surveys are a calculation of unemployment by different group categories such as race and gender. This method is the most internationally comparable. Official estimates are used from one or more of the other methods combined. The social insurance statistics are based on the number of people insured representing the total labour force and the number of people who are insured that are collecting benefits. This method has been heavily criticized due to the expiration of benefits before the person finds work. The last method, employment office statistics, includes a monthly tally of unemployed people who enter employment offices. This method also includes the unemployed who are not unemployed per the ILO definition. Unemployment can also affect an individual in many different ways. Individuals can be affected by unemployment and can cause malnutrition, illness, mental stress, and loss of self-esteem, loss of sleep and the unemployed individual who may lose a sense of who they are. All these things could lead to depression. A study by Washington State and Lee University said it was more likely that if someone is unemployed...
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... Being unemployed is hard on very many people and this paper will explain the many reason things tend to happen because someone is unemployed. Unemployment is hard on everyone in today’s society. When many people are unemployed crimes start to rise because many people feel that robbing people and stealing food from stores is the only way they are able to survive and by doing this many people do not realize they are not the only ones being hurt by their actions. I am a full time college student who is unemployed and this is very hard for me especially being a young lady who wants things. Luckily I have wonderful parents who are willing to help me as long as I continue to do the right thing and stay in school. Being unemployed has a major impact on the society. Having high unemployment rates means that pay rates will be down because there is a higher number of people that are competing for the same type of jobs because they have no option (Sims, 2004). Unemployment also has an affect on the youth as well. Having youth who are unemployed creates a higher reliance on many social programs such as food stamps and welfare. Society impacts the things that go on around myself and other people. Unemployment affects things such as compensation for the FASFA, and the price of food (Algrem, 2008). Stress is a major factor that comes from being unemployed. My family is one of those affected. We own our own auto repair shop and even though we as a family are not unemployed it still...
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...The total number of registered unemployed has also grown rapidly from just over 50 000 in mid-2008 to almost 194 000 in March 2010, when it reached its maximum and started to diminish gradually (162 463 unemployed at the end of 2010). According to Eurostat data, the unemployment rate for those aged 15-64 years has reached its st d maximum of 20.7% in the 1 quarter 2010 and lowered slightly to 18,2% in the 3 quarter 2010: 17,2 20,1 9,4 Average in EU 20,7 10,2 19,8 22,0 20,0 18,0 16,0 14,0 12,0 10,0 12,2 8,9 10,4 14,3 8,8 7,5 6,8 9,6 8,0 6,0 4,0 Unemployment rate in Latvia 6,0 Unemployment rate in Latvia and the EU, EUROSTAT data At the end of 2007, average 30 000 registered unemployed were receiving unemployment benefits, and unemployment benefits’ expenses amounted 43.3 million LVL (61,7 MEUR); in 2008, 37 000 persons and 56.3 million LVL (80,2 MEUR); in 2009 – already 80 700 persons and 137.2 million LVL (195 MEUR) (almost three times more than in 2007). d Theeconomystartedtorecoverslowlyinthe3 quarterof2010,howevertheannualaverage growth rate for 2010 will still remain negative. Positive growth rate may be reached only in 2011. The social and economic situation in the country depends primarily on the stability of the macroeconomic environment – ability to develop the favourable environment for investors and entering of the foreign markets, to enhance possibilities for undertaking business...
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...determine what affect a female’s level of educational attainment (DEGREE)has on her employment status (UNEMPLOYED) while holding constant the overall percentage of females(FEMALE), opportunities represented by her location/state’s gross domestic product (GDP), and the makeup of the workforce (WORKFORCE). The independent variables DEGREE, FEMALE, GDP, and WORKFORCE determine the dependent variable UNEMPLOYED. The most important independent variable in this relationship is DEGREE because of the effect educational attainment has on which employment opportunities are available to an individual. This effect of DEGREE works two ways: Meeting a minimum education requirement to hold a position, and being considered overqualified for a position due to educational attainment. Model UNEMPLOYED = DEGREE + FEMALE + GDP + WORKFORCE Definition of variables: UNEMPLOYED – This dependent variable represents the percentage of unemployed persons per each of the 31 states listed. Different factors affect unemployment, and each independent variable listeddetermines UNEMPLOYED in this model. DEGREE –This is the primary independent variable that represents the number of persons in each state with a bachelor’s degree. This represents bachelor’s degree holders only, not those with advance degrees. This independent variable has the greatest impact on the dependent variable, UNEMPLOYED. Somoza (2012) asserts the unemployment rate for college graduates was only a third of the rate...
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...job market, but it isn’t an advantage for everyone. According to Casselman, “employers have stepped up hiring, layoffs have slowed, and the unemployment rate has begun to fall more quickly” (Casselman 1). Opportunities for the unemployed, however, have been sparse. People who are unemployed have seen a slower job recovery, as 3.5% of the unemployed have been without jobs for more than six months. Casselman explains how economists divide unemployment into two categories. Cyclical unemployment basically comes from the economy’s overall weakness. Structural unemployment occurs when the skills of the worker doesn’t meet the needs of the employer. Overall, finding a job hasn’t been a struggle for just the unemployed; it has been a struggle for nearly everyone. When reading this article, I got the impression that it was geared more towards a white audience. What I didn’t like is that Casselman didn’t really go into the demographics of the unemployment population. He failed to share what percentage of the unemployed population is black, and what percentage of the unemployed population is white? I did my own research and found the following information: • As of March 2012, 14% of black people are unemployed, opposed to the 7.3% of white people that are unemployed. • Black males ages 16 and up have an unemployment rate of 14.8% while white males have an unemployment rate of 7.4%. • Overall, black teens have an unemployment rate of 40.5% while white teens have an unemployment rate of...
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...CXC Caribbean Examination Council School Based Assessment (S.B.A) 2014 Name: Tasheika King School: Port Antonio High School Centre #: ____10097_________ Candidate #: ____1440______________ Teacher: Miss Raymond Table of Contents Titles Pages Acknowledgement ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Statement of the Problem ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Research Questions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Method of Investigation………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Instrument Used to Collect Data…………………………………………………………………………………………… Procedure used to collect Data……………………………………………………………………………………………… Presentation and Explanation of Data ………………………………………………………………………………….. Interpretation and Analysis of Data………………………………………………………………………………………. Findings………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Recommendation and Implementation Strategy…………………………………………………………………… Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Acknowledgement They are a few persons the researcher owes a great deal of gratitude for the successful completion of this study. Firstly, the researcher would like to share her gratitude to the residence of Fellowship for their cooperation...
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...start of the year which is a very disappointing site and which also affects the GDP growth to slow. While there is some hopes for job growth in the latter half of the year the writer is still worried if his predictions turn out to be true and hopes that by the end of 2013 many more workers receive paychecks. The writer also assumes recession is the main cause for unemployment in the U.S 1.2 Definition and analysis of Economic concepts used From the article, we can see the people who are looking for the job in Los Angeles were more than before. Those people have no job and actively look for a job which is called unemployed. Otherwise is called employed. Unemployed Labour Force + Employed * The labour force is the sum of employed and unemployed. Unemployed : The unemployed includes everyone aged 15 to 69, who during the survey week: 1. Had actively looked for a job at any time in the four weeks up to the end of the survey week. 2. Were available to work in the...
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...time on job searching? How do the unemployed differ from the employed and those out of labor force in time allocation on job searching? Answering these questions is important for potential economic policies on unemployment and welfare. For example, the information about time spent on job searching by the unemployed could be linked with the probabilities of finding a job. If those who spend more time on job searching are more likely to find a job, then policies could be shaped to encourage people to search more. Similarly, leisure is an indispensable component in people’s life. Understanding how people allocate their time on leisure could have implications on policies on improving people’s welfare. In this paper, time spent on job searching is defined as all the time spent by an individual searching for a job. This includes time spent on job interviewing, sending out resumes and waiting associated with interviewing etc. Time spent on leisure is all the time spent by an individual on TV watching, socializing, eating and personal care, other leisure activities like reading, and listening to music. Using data from American Time Use Survey between 2003 and 2013, I conduct my research revolving around the question “How do the unemployed female and male differ in their allocation of time on job searching and leisure before and after the financial crisis in the US”. Using the Heckman selection model, I find out that for unemployed individuals, they spend 92 minutes...
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...someone who is able and wants to work can be unemployed. It starts with your education because without a high school diploma or GED, It’s hard to get employed. Performance issues which a person can lack the skills to perform their duties on the job. Economic condition is another reason why a person becomes unemployed. Mismatch between available workers and position to be filled can affect employment as well. Lack of experience also takes a big part of staying employed. In every society, there will always be a number of people who are unemployed. The reason why is because of the fact that there are not enough jobs for everyone. It really depends on the individual and their skills. There are many reasons on why people are unemployed. * Frictional Unemployment * Structural Unemployment * Classical or Real Wage Unemployment * Voluntary Unemployment * Demand Deficient or “Cyclical Unemployment” * Debate on Demand Deficient Unemployment Frictional unemployment occurs from the inevitable time delays in finding new employment. For example, if you graduated from college, you can’t necessarily expect to find a job straight away which matches your skills. Frictional can also occur when people are switching between jobs. This could mean that the person have been made redundant or are looking for new employment. This would generally be classed as voluntary unemployed because workers are choosing to remain unemployed. This isn’t necessarily inefficient but most...
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...Unemployment Roderick C. LaGrone COM 150 January 28, 2011 Holly McCusker The Effects of Unemployment Over the past ten years there has been a great shift in society’s employment system. Corporate America has taken major cutbacks in the working labor department that has left many citizens unemployed and destitute. Anger and concern over layoffs, wage unproductivity, declining benefits, and the movement of jobs overseas has left citizens with harsh and undesirable views of the actions and motivations of Corporate America. With the unemployment rate on a downward slope, American citizens have become distressed which has resulted in emotional, social, and, economic hardships. Even though the unemployment rate in the decline many families are still in distress because of the social and economic problems caused widespread company layoffs. Can Corporate America offer our families a better way of life ? The unemployment rate has been on a slow decline over the past few months which indicate a slow improvement in the job market. Even though the decline is a positive indication, many companies are not hiring at an alarming rate. Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the number of unemployed persons decreased by 556,000 to 14.5 million in December, and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent. Over the years, these measures were down from 15.2 million and 9.9 percent, respectively. As the economy continues to slowly recover many Americans are still trying to balance their financial...
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...equilibrium U even when GDP is at its potential level. • It is therefore necessary to explain both cyclical and equilibrium unemployment. • Under this topic, we will cover the following: – Measurement and definitions, – Theories of U, – Economic costs of U, and – Solutions of U. 3 EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT (Definitions and Measurement) • The unemployment rate: It is the ratio of the number of unemployed persons to the total number of persons in the labor force. It is usually expressed as a percentage. • The labor force consists of all those persons who are willing to work at a market equilibrium wage, and who either have jobs or are seeking work. 4 EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT (Definitions and Measurement) • Discouraged workers: These are people who are willing to work at the going wage, but have given up looking actively for work, because they do not expect to find a job. • They are not registered for unemployment compensation because they have been unemployed too long to be eligible (under law of some countries). • So they are really unemployed but are not counted as unemployed. 5 EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT (Definitions and Measurement) • U can be measured through the Claimant Count. • The claimant count is all those people claiming U related benefits. • Workforce jobs is a measure of...
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