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    While California enjoys a booming tech industry, surging tax revenues, decreasing unemployment and overall wage increases, some residents of the state are struggling. They are struggling to find affordable housing. When factors such as cost of living are considered, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation. Evidence of this can be seen by an increase in residents living in RV’s and vans in some of the larger cities. Even some high wage workers are unable to live in the cities in which

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    Unemployment is one of the biggest topics that we talk about as a country and also is one of the biggest problems that we have as well. In essence it is the state of being unemployed. There are three total types of unemployment: frictional, structural and cyclical. The latest unemployment rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was 4.9% in January. The way that we measure unemployment is BLS conducts a national survey that is random to a number around 60,000 households. They do this

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    Unemployment In America

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    your first term you dealt with recovering our economy after the 2008 recession. Due to that recession, Unemployment of all types increased steadily. As the founder of this think tank organization, I would like to address and bring about solutions to decreasing the high rate of unemployment, by focusing on creating more jobs, decreasing and increasing our economy. The high rate of unemployment is hurting America because not enough people are working or earning wages to be able to consume goods that

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    Introduction: The high and persistent levels of unemployment in the United States have become one of the most debated topics among economists, policy makers and the unemployed for more than a decade; especially its impact and best approach to resolving the increasing unemployment rates. It is important to note that as much of a global phenomenon unemployment it is, unemployment occurs in numerous forms, economists have broken down unemployment into three main types: Frictional, structural and cyclical

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    Marcelle Unemployment

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    Unemployment can be defined when a person who is actively searching for employment while not being able to find work. In an attempt to frequently measure unemployment is the unemployment rate, which is the number of unemployed divided by the number of people in the labor force. There are several types of unemployment and understand each is critical in order to understand what individuals qualify for unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits can be defined as a payment made by a labor union or

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    of the Problem According to research, unemployment is one of the main problems in Jamaica.This study intends to discover the effects of unemployment on family lives in Brown’sTown, and the factors contributing to the increase in the number of unemployed persons.The study also seeks to determine the causes of unemployment in the society andthe factors which are likely to get you into the unemployment queue. According toobservations and some books, unemployment creates a depressive impact-familyinstability

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    Causes and effects of unemployment Name Professor Course Date Unemployment is a situation that occurs when people are without employment and actively seeking work. The measure of the prevalence of the rate of employment is known as unemployment rate. The International Labor Organization defines unemployment rate as a percentage of the total workforce. The total work force comprises of individuals who want to or waiting to start work. This excludes those who are disabled or retired. There

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    Unemployment in some cases is not an individual problem. While some may think that unemployment is always the beholders fault, in Nigeria however, it is quite the contrary. Raw data and statistics can show exactly why a country has an unemployment problem. Along with that, causes of unemployment can be significant to why unemployment is such a critical problem. Even more, the effects of unemployment hint to the future of any country that struggles with this. With all of this in mind, one must wonder

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    Unemployment is a serious and overwhelming problem in the United States that has existed since the economy of this nation began. The clear definition of unemployment is the condition of being out of work or actively looking for a job. Currently, many people around this great country are out of work, where the unemployment increased. Unemployment can be caused naturally or unintentionally by various factors, such as inadequacy of skills needed for the job or getting laid off. In turn, the causes of

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    yourself, what is unemployment? Why is it so important? and how does it affect my everyday life? A common misunderstanding that I have encountered throughout the time of my research of the subject is the difference between the term unemployment which refers to people who are out of a job but are prepared to work and unemployment in the sense of a welfare aid to those who are out of a job. I will be speaking to you today on the definition of unemployment, the types of unemployment, the consequences

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