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South African labour market Hendrik van Broekhuizen Research on SocioEconomic Policy Stellenbosch University 12 September 2013 Concepts figures and statistics in this presentation Primary. GDP has collapsed together with employment levels in the construction and retail sector Ireland has one of the highest levels of unemployment in the EU and one of the worst ratios of jobseekers to vacanc ies It is all reminiscent of the crisis of What are the . 4 types . of unemployment?. How are unemployment rates determined?. What is full . employment a. . underemployment?. . What. is a . discouraged worker?. "It's a recession when . your neighbor . under-employment . from becoming structural. . G20 Task Force on Employment. Paris, 10-11 April 2014. Stefano Scarpetta,. Director. of . Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. OECD. Key challenges. Unemployment. occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work, but the person is without work.. How. to . define. u. nemployment. In USA . unemployment . is measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS. Aims and Objectives. Aim:. Understand types of unemployment. Objectives: . Define 2 measures of unemployment. Explain current trends in UK & EU. Analyse causes of unemployment. Evaluate social costs of unemployment. By: Nicolas . Dromel. , . Elie. . Kolakez. , and Etienne Lehmann. . Group C. Steven . Bodi. , Mitchell . Steffler. , . Yaqin. . Hu. , . Kelby. . Krotz. , . Manmeet. . Litt. , Jordan Kirkpatrick. Swings in the. Economic Pendulum . Instability in the . Growth . of Real . GDP: 1960-2015. Although real GDP in the . United States has . grown at an average rate of approximately 3%, the growth has been characterized by economic ups-and-downs. Okun’s. Law. AP Macro. Economics 2301. © Robin Foster. Jobs and Unemployment. Total population of the USA.. Working Age population . is the total number of people aged 16 and older who are not in jail, hospital, institutionalized or in the military.. 2. IS-MP. Y. Potential output = AF(K,L). Y. pot. u. Three key macro laws for the labor market. Okun’s Law: . unemployment moves inversely with Y (earlier in course). Beveridge Curve: . Unemployment moves inversely with vacancy rate (today). Economics. Unemployment. Economist’s definition:. Those of working age, who are without work, but who are available for work at current wage rates.. Two . measures . of unemployment.. Claimant . count. 09. McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.. The Business Cycle. Alternating increases and decreases in economic activity over time. Phases of the business cycle. Learning objective . – to examine how the New Deal tackled the problems in unemployment and industry.. I can . describe . some of the Alphabet Agencies designed to tackle unemployment, and industrial relations.. Learning objective . – to examine how the New Deal tackled the problems in unemployment and industry.. I can . describe . some of the Alphabet Agencies designed to tackle unemployment, and industrial relations.. Money and Inflation. Rise in money supply does not equal a rise in Real GDP in the long run, since price level rises as well by the same percentage. Classical Model of Price Level . – Since money supply and price level rise together, the Real Quantity of Money (M/P) stays at the original level.