Categories: Economics

Unemployment – Types of Unemployment

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Unemployment is an economic condition where people willing for job remain unemployed&period; Unemployment level differs from country to country as per their economic conditions&period; In developed countries unemployment level is low as compare to developing countries&period;  Unemployment level is dependent on different market forces&period; The probability to get hired in good economies is more as compare to struggling economies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ideal situation seeks by the country is full employment level&comma; a condition where all individuals get a job matched to their skills&period; Current unemployment level in the world is 95&percnt; &lpar;Zimbabwe&rpar; to 1&period;5&percnt; &lpar;UK&rpar;&comma; normally acceptable average unemployment rate is up to 9&percnt;&period; Unemployment is classified in five major types&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Frictional Unemployment<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>This type of unemployment is temporary in nature and occurs when people leave their existing jobs to get some other better opportunity e&period;g&period;&comma; graduates or skilled individuals hunting for better opportunities&period; The unemployment period among switching jobs is short and called fractional unemployment&period; In developed economies there are insurance programs to cope with these temporary situations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Structural Unemployment<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;linkunit&rsqb;The growth in economy also have some costs like structural unemployment&comma; In a growing economies changes in technology and production method occurs rapidly and need workforce with up-to-date skills&comma; which cause unemployment for the existing people working with old methods and technologies&period;  This structural change and mismatch of skilled workers in labor market brings this type of unemployment&period; Geographical immobility&comma; occupational immobility and technological changes are the main causes&period; For example&comma; Information technology’s revolution brought structural unemployment for the people who have no or less knowledge of computer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Real Wage or Classical Unemployment<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As appeared by the name this type of inflation occurred when there is a demand to increase in wages&period; Normally when labor unions and organizations negotiate for higher wages&comma; the situation arises employer does not offer more jobs due to rising wage rates and the demand for labor falls and raise unemployment level&period;  This is also known as disequilibrium unemployment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Cyclical or Demand Deficient Unemployment<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>On the downward slope of economy’s trade cycle unemployment increases due to decreases in total demand of goods and services which lead decrease in demand of labor consequently&period; In recession time first unskilled and surplus labors became unemployed and if the economic condition keeps going downward Cyclic unemployment increases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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