Unemployment

Unemployment - A Social Problem

Unemployment - A Social Problem

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make discussion on the social problem and define different perspectives of that social problem, and the policy responses to that problem. The social problem chosen in this paper is unemployment. Unemployment is the situation of a person who want to work and have the ability to do so (including age), but there is no job despite their research (Alvaro, 2005, p. 45). The lack of employment may result from entry into working life, the desire, to return to work after a period of inactivity, dismissal, resignation or voluntary desire to change jobs.

Social problem

Unemployment is the situation of those able and willing to work, lose their jobs or temporarily reduce normal working day, at least one third party, provided that the salary is the subject of a similar reduction. Unemployment is a problem that has greatly affected the society. Due to the unemployment the standard of living of people decreases. The second category is equilibrium unemployment. It is sometimes called natural unemployment. In fact, there are always some people looking for a job. Perhaps they do not want to stick to one job for life and look for a more attractive wage or working environment. There are many students who have just left education and may not find a job immediately (Warr, 2005, p. 795).

Different Perspectives of Unemployment

Structural Unemployment

Structural unemployment has its relation to changes in economic structures in a country, causing a qualitative mismatch between supply and demand for labour. The development of skills due to technical developments led to make an unemployable in the labour force who can not find jobs matching their qualifications. Structural unemployment has its association with the lack of capital equipment. Such a situation may arise due to the fact that the growth of investment has not kept pace with labour force growth, a situation common in developing countries. It can also occur due to changes in demand, leading to a reduction in production, in industries that provide jobs earlier. Structural unemployment can not be dealt with by increasing the effective demand of the drug from the Keynesian unemployment (Keynesian unemployment), or wage cuts, which could serve, as a panacea for unemployment, classical (classical unemployment); its treatment requires a large investment in new industries or large-scale migration of population from deprived areas.

Simply use the reference to the conditions to designate a portion of the observed unemployment means that another party will be classified as structural. Of course, the structural unemployment rate incorporates the rate of frictional unemployment since it depends on the matching process between workers and jobs offered by companies, the process of finding employment, the geographic mobility of providers and applicants. Structural unemployment may be caused by changes in the sectoral structure of production. Over time, the disappearance once important and necessary industries, such as the production of black and white TV or locomotives have replaced by more modern - production of computer equipment, mobile phones, LCD ...