unemployment

Definition von unemployment im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy
Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.; The state of having no job; joblessness
Unemployment made Jack depressed.; An instance or period of joblessness
Until them his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.; The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce
Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.; A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism
All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.; Cyclical - workers gain and lose jobs according to the boom and bust cycles of the economy For example, the oil workers have lots of work when the price of oil is up; when prices fall, workers are out of work Frictional - usually for a short duration, people who are between jobs by choice because the last job was unfulfilling, didn't pay enough, they wanted to change jobs or for other reasons Seasonal - people not working due to regular fluctuations in demand, e g ,crop harvesters are only in demand for part of the year, and demand for construction work diminishes greatly in winter climates Structural - job vacancies that require different skills than the workers have, either due to a lack of training or to geography For example, a hockey player who can no longer play the game and has no skills to match employer needs or, the need for tool-and-die makers is great in Calgary but the unemployed tool-and-die makers are in Windsor; The circumstances that exists when people who are willing to work at the prevailing wage cannot get jobs; not having work; jobless; Unemployment is a key indicator It has a lowly rating because there are previews to it that paint most of the picture before the actual figures are released Most important of the previews are the initial claims figures, which report the numbers looking for unemployment benefit All the same, unemployment can still contradict expectations and cause upsets The number is released at 08: 30 EDT; el desempleo; The non-utilization of labour resources; the condition in which members of the labour force are without jobs Sometimes used more broadly to refer to the waste of resources when the economy is operating at less than its full potential; {i} state of not being employed; rate of unemployment (in a region, population, etc.); The number of people who, during the survey week, had no employment but were available for work and: a) had engaged in any specific job-seeking activity within the past four weeks; b) were waiting to be called back from a job from which they had been laid off; or c) were waiting to report to a new wage or salary job within 30 days This includes persons receiving unemployment insurance benefits, those who have delayed filing for benefits but were eligible to receive them, those who have applied for benefits but were not eligible to receive them, unemployed workers who exhausted benefits in the current benefit year, unemployed workers from employers not covered by unemployment insurance, and unemployed persons newly entering or reentering the labor force Reports: Local Area Unemployment Statistics NHetwork: Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment; the situation in which there are not enough jobs available for the people looking for them; the state of being without work; a form of instability in an economy occurring when aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand or resulting from a variety of social, locational, technological, and specific market factors; Quality or state of being not employed; used esp; When a previously employed worker is “laid off” or involuntarily “not in gainful employment,” he or she is considered unemployed and possibly eligible for certain state and federal compensation and benefits; the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"; This term denotes the labor market status of persons 16 years and older who did not work at all during a reference week but were available for and actively seeking work; also includes those who were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off or waiting to report to a new job scheduled to start within the next 30 days; You must be conscientiously seeking, but unable to find, full-time employment If you are receiving unemploment benefits that will automatically qualify you for the unemployment deferment No form is required but you need to call your lender; Joblessness The measure of unemployment is the number of jobless people who are available for work and are actively seeking jobs The unemployment rate is unemployment as a percentage of the labor force [Back to top]; Unemployment is the fact that people who want jobs cannot get them. an area that had the highest unemployment rate in western Europe Unemployment is so damaging both to individuals and to communities. Condition of a person who is able to work, is actively seeking work, but is unable to find any. Statistics on unemployment are collected and analyzed by government labour offices in most countries and are considered an important indicator of economic health. Since World War II full employment has been a stated goal of many governments. Full employment is not necessarily synonymous with a zero unemployment rate, since at any given time the unemployment rate will include some people who are between jobs and not unemployed in any long-term sense. Underemployment is the term used to describe the situation of those who are able to find employment only for shorter than normal periods for example, part-time workers and seasonal workers and may also describe the condition of workers whose education or training makes them overqualified for their jobs; in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent; UNM's contribution payment for unemployment insurance; worklessness
unemployment benefit: money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work
unemployment benefits: plural form of unemployment benefit
unemployment insurance: Insurance against loss of earnings during the time that an able-bodied worker is involuntarily unemployed
unemployment benefit: Unemployment benefit is money that some people receive from the state when they do not have a job and are unable to find one. In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit. money paid regularly by the government to people who have no job on unemployment benefit (=be getting unemployment benefit)
unemployment compensation: payment by a United States agency to unemployed people
unemployment compensation: Financial compensation for unemployed workers, provided in the United States chiefly by state governments
unemployment compensation: money given to people without jobs
unemployment insurance: Form of social insurance designed to compensate workers for short-term, involuntary unemployment. It was created primarily to provide financial assistance to laid-off workers during a period deemed long enough to allow them to find another job or to be rehired at their original job. In most countries, workers who are permanently disabled or who have been unemployed for a long period of time are covered under other plans. In countries such as Canada and Britain, workers in any occupation may qualify for unemployment insurance; the U.S. denies coverage to certain workers, such as government employees and the self-employed. In most countries, benefits are related to earnings and are paid for a limited period of time. Funding may come out of general government revenues or from specific taxes placed on employers or employees
unemployment line: a queue of people waiting for employment
unemployment line: When people talk about the unemployment line, they are talking about the state of being unemployed, especially when saying how many people are unemployed. Many white-collar workers, like stock brokers and investment bankers, find themselves in the unemployment lines
unemployment rate: the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date
unemployment rate: estimate of unemployment, percentages of unemployment, percent of unemployed persons from within the general population
Marxian unemployment: According to the 19th century German philosopher Karl Marx, unemployment needed by the capitalists in order to maintain work discipline in jobs, keep wages down, and protect business profitability
classical unemployment: According to "classical economic theory" originally developed by Adams, Ricardo, Malthus and others in late 18th century unemployment is explained simply by the real wages being higher than the market-equilibrium wage. In modern economics unemployment is seen as a more complicated phenomenon, and the term classical unemployment is used to refer to the component of overall unemployment caused by too high wage expectations. This kind of situation is suggested to arise e.g. as a result of a too generous minimum wage law or labor union influence
Classical unemployment is the result of real wages being above their market clearing level leading to an excess supply of labour. Geoff Riley, Head of Economics, Eton College, Sept. 2006.
classical-unemployment: Attributive form of classical unemployment, noun
cyclical unemployment: A type of unemployment explained by the demand for labor going up and down with the business cycle
cyclical-unemployment: Attributive form of cyclical unemployment, noun
frictional unemployment: A type of unemployment explained by people being temporarily between jobs, searching for new ones. Labour market is regarded as being in the state of full employment, if frictional unemployment is the only kind of unemployment present
frictional-unemployment: Attributive form of frictional unemployment, noun
seasonal unemployment: A type of unemployment explained by a seasonal variation in the structure of jobs and/or labour offered. Seasonal unemployment typically repeats the same pattern annually
seasonal-unemployment: Attributive form of seasonal unemployment, noun
structural unemployment: A type of unemployment explained by a mismatch between the requirements of the employers and the properties (such as skills, age, gender or location) of the unemployed
structural-unemployment: Attributive form of structural unemployment, noun
technological unemployment: Unemployment caused by the replacement of workers by machines or artificial intelligence technology
unemployment.: nonemployment
Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment: (Ekonomi) The lowest unemployment rate that an economy can accommodate without causing inflation
point-year of excess unemployment: (Ekonomi) The difference between the actual and the natural unemployment rate of one percentage points
point-year of excess unemployment: (Ekonomi) A point-year of excess unemployment is a difference between the actual and the natural unemployment rate of one percentage point for one year
structural unemployment: Unemployment resulting from industrial reorganization due to technological change, rather than fluctuations in supply or demand
causing unemployment: resulting in joblessness, leading to a lack of work
cyclical unemployment: Unemployment due to a drop in the demand for labor caused by a recession
cyclical unemployment: (Economics) unemployment that is directly connected with a nation's economy and output level (unemployment grows in times of slow economic growth and falls in times of rapid growth)
cyclical unemployment: Unemployment caused by a low level of aggregate demand associated with recession in the business cycle [D]
cyclical unemployment: occurs during recessions, when the demand for labor declines
cyclical unemployment: unemployment due to a recession, when the rate of unemployment is above the natural rate of unemployment (chapter 8)
cyclical unemployment: Unemployment in excess of frictional, structural and seasonal unemployment
cyclical unemployment: the increase in unemployment that occurs as the economy goes into a slowdown or recession
cyclical unemployment: unemployment associated with the cyclical fluctuations in economic growth and particularly domestic demand Downturns in economic growth will cause an increase in unemployment through the labour force expanding at a faster pace than jobs growth As firms encounter weaker trading conditions they are forced to reduce staffing which adds further to the pool of unemployed Typically the cyclical pattern of unemployment growth lags behind the business cycle due to time delays in laying off and hiring labour During downturns, firms tend to wait until various signals point to a definite decline in market conditions before making strategic decisions to layoff labour Conversely emerging from a period of weak market conditions, firms tend to lack confidence in the economic upswing and opt in the short term to increase overtime for existing workers rather than permanently expanding their workforce
cyclical unemployment: unemployment due to the ups and downs of economies and businesses
cyclical unemployment: caused by a downward swing in the business cycle
cyclical unemployment: Unemployment caused by a low level of aggregate demand associated with recession in the business cycle
cyclical unemployment: Unemployment caused by a general decrease in demand in the economy that historically happens with intermittent regularity
cyclical unemployment: Temporary layoff of workers due to downturns in the pace of economic activity [FACS] Unemployment caused by a low level of aggregate demand associated with recession in the business cycle [FRBSF] (see also economics, fiscal policy, unemployment rate)
decrease in unemployment: reduction in the rate of people not employed in work, increase in amount of people working
frictional unemployment: unemployment arising from the "friction" associated with people moving from one job to another, or moving into the labor force
frictional unemployment: frictional unemployment is unemployment that is due to normal turnover in the labor market It includes people who are temporarily between jobs because they are moving or changing occupations, or are unemployed for similar reasons
frictional unemployment: The unemployment that arises from the normal working of the labour market as people enter and leave the labour force and jobs are created and destroyed
frictional unemployment: Short-term unemployment during a transition to an equal or better job
frictional unemployment: short-term unemployment arising from normal turnover in the labour market, such as when people change occupations or locations, or are new entrants (chapter 8)
frictional unemployment: temporary unemployment that arises when people voluntarily leave a job to look for another one
frictional unemployment: (Economics) temporary unemployment resulting from regular turnover of labor (people moving homes, changing careers, etc.)
frictional unemployment: Short-term joblessness associated with mobility A person who leaves a job to find something better is considered frictionally unemployed This type of unemployment characterizes workers subject to seasonal work (e g , construction, agricultural, winter recreational workers, etc )
frictional unemployment: temporary unemployment due to imperfections in the labor market It occurs when people are in between jobs, or seasonal employment
frictional unemployment: unemployment associated with people moving from one job to another or moving into the labor force
frictional unemployment: a structural factor impacting on unemployment, is due to movement between jobs
frictional unemployment: results from the time lags involved in the re-employment of labour Although job vacancies and suitable applicants may be matched, there are always people 'frictionally unemployed' who are awaiting interviews, having breaks between jobs etc
frictional unemployment: Unemployment caused by the loss of jobs due to technological change, the entry of new participants into a labour market, or other normal labour market adjustments
hidden unemployment: level of unemployment not reflected in official figures due to those who are employed on a part-time basis or employed at positions beneath their abilities
high unemployment: high rate of unemployment, condition in which there are many people who are not working
increase in unemployment: rise in the rate of people unable to find work
low unemployment: small number of unemployed people, small number of people seeking jobs
pockets of unemployment: areas where there is a higher unemployment rate than that of the general population
seasonal unemployment: situation during certain months of the year when the number of unemployed people increases
structural unemployment: unemployment caused by changes in industry techniques (automation, abandoning a certain production method, etc.) that results in a decreased demand for employees (Economics)