Recent College Graduates Recent college graduates in the U.S. labor force: data from the Current Population Survey Data collected each October in the School Enrollment Supplement to the Current Population Survey provide an annual snapshot of the demographic characteristics, labor force activity, and school enrollment status of each year’s cohort of recent college graduates Thomas Luke Spreen Thomas Luke Spreen is a doctoral student at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana
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Part A: Motivation of this project – why did we choose this topic? The Economic Perspective of Suicide: It is interesting that we actually found this topic to be very controversial. There were some research in the 80’s and 90’s arguing that the economic loss for the whole society due to suicides (majorly due to the lost productivity) is significantly high. “There are about 30,000 individuals who completed suicide each year in the United States. According to an estimation of the costs to society
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Educational return on Investment Many high school graduates as well as adults in the workforce today have many decisions to make about the need to continue their education. Since the unemployment rate for both educated as well as uneducated personnel has realized little decline, students struggle to find a balance between the value of continuing education and the cost associated with it. There are two conflicting arguments concerning educational return on investment; both sides over the presence
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benefits of a degree •Summary •Introduction •Graduate job quality •The health benefits of a degree •Intergenerational effects •Citizenship •Positive attitudes •Spillover to the wider economy •Anything else? •References •Footnotes Summary Mark Wilberforce from the Department of Education and Skills gives a lowdown on the non-monetary benefits of a degree. Research suggests that: •Graduates enjoy higher quality jobs than non-graduates. •Graduates enjoy better health outcomes, by being less
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THE IMPACT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1970-2010) BY DUROSINMI TEMIDAYO.O EC/2008/622 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE ENUGU STATE AUGUST, 2012. i TITLEPAGE THE IMPACT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA A PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR IN SCIENCE (B.SC) DEGREE IN ECONOMICS BY DUROSINMI TEMIDAYO.O EC/2008/622 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
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past two decades. Japan is one of today’s largest manufacturing economies. Starting from the early 1990s; Japan experienced economic recession that led to a dramatic decline in company positions available for prospective high school and university graduates. This was the start to an end of a favorable situation for the young Japanese job seekers, which had prevailed for a long time; and presented a great opportunity for most of these young job seekers to acquire permanent employment. During the same
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suggested that the Philippines has the highest unemployment rate among the countries from the Southeast Asia (Ericta, 2013). Mismatch graduates are believed to be a reason why the country has high unemployment rate. The reasons of these mismatches might be due to the produced graduates of colleges that do not fit the present demand of the economy, or the graduates were not capable of achieving the required skills the industry needs. The incompatibility of graduates to meet the competencies needed by companies
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youth people are seen as second choice. According to World Bank, in 2012 where high-income OECD countries faced 5.7 percent unemployment rate, the unemployment rate of labor below 25 year olds was double at 18.3 percent. The difference between two indicators remains around double throughout the decade. Moreover, the problem of youth unemployment especially with high unemployment rate such as Spain where half of those below 25 year olds cannot find jobs. From these statistics we can say that youth European
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problems. According to the research of Yue et al. (2004) ‘The level of education level has a significantly positive impact on successful job seeking. The higher the education level, the greater the probability of success.’ Which indicated that higher education make a positive effective to people in job seeking as well as working in a favorable position. The reputation of the higher education institution also has a significant and positive impact on employment. Graduates from key universities have
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Research Problem: The current trend in the educational sector shows a decline in the number of enrollment of the students at higher level of education at colleges over the globe. There could be many reasons behind this inclination but among the major causes, the increasing cost of higher education is the most important one. Hypothesis: “The high admission cost and tuition fee have turned away potential college students leading to a decrease in number of enrollments in higher educational level
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