Essay On Unemployment In Ireland

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Unemployment is an individual searching for employment actively but is unable to find work. Unemployment is stated as a percentage, and calculated by dividing the number of people who are unemployment by the total of work force. Work force are people who want to work, however excludes the retired, disabled and able to work but not currently looking for a position( for example, they may taking care of a child or going to college/school. There are multiple reasons for unemployment. o Lack of education o Reduction of company workforce, and seeking of new position. Can be due to a local condition, close down of a plant or a division, or the economy slows and the many of the companies must reduce their work force. o The need for their skill set has gone down, and there are limited positions …show more content…

While in the year 2012 the unemployment was 15.1%
The types of unemployment include: classical, cyclical, structural, frictional, hidden, and long-term. These are the main causes of unemployment in the current recession of Ireland.
The 2 subgroups of Unemployment that I will discuss are Women and Men
Long term unemployment is a category of unemployed workers that includes those who have been unemployed more than 27 weeks, expressed as a percentage of the total unemployed. “The number of people who have been unemployed for 12 months or longer, has increased dramatically and now stands at a historically high level”( Bjorsted,2014).
In Ireland the percentage of unemployment of female was 46.70 in the year 2011.In the year 1987, the unemployment was of the highest in Ireland(56.60) and also hitting the lowest value in the year 2002 with 18.60
However, the Unemployment of Men in 2011 was 64.70. The value of the highest percentage of unemployment for men was also higher with rate of 70.50 in 1990 and the lowest value being 30.80 in 2008. Long Term Unemployment Rate in Ireland averaged 3.96 percent in

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