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Unemployment Trends since the 1970s

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  • Debra Leaker

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Unemployment occurs when an individualis available and seeking work but iswithout work. There are various causes ofunemployment, but it normally relates tothe economic cycle. When the economy isstrong, employers create more jobs andunemployment falls. Conversely when theeconomy is weak, there is a reduction injob opportunities and unemployment rises.This article examines unemploymenttrends using information from theLabour Force Survey and Jobcentre Plusadministrative system. It shows trendsin unemployment from the early 1970s,and compares the number of people whoclassify themselves as unemployed withthose who are claiming unemployment relatedbenefits. It also looks at thecharacteristics of unemployed peopleto describe variations among differentsubgroups of the population. Economic & Labour Market Review (2009) 3, 37–41; doi:10.1057/elmr.2009.26

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  • Debra Leaker, 2009. "Unemployment Trends since the 1970s," Economic & Labour Market Review, Palgrave Macmillan;Office for National Statistics, vol. 3(2), pages 37-41, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:ecolmr:v:3:y:2009:i:2:p:37-41
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    1. Sevilla, Almudena & Borra, Cristina, 2015. "Parental Time Investments in Children: The Role of Competition for University Places in the UK," IZA Discussion Papers 9168, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Juliet Stone & Ann Berrington & Jane Falkingham, 2011. "The changing determinants of UK young adults' living arrangements," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 25(20), pages 629-666.
    3. Iveta Radičová, 2013. "Shock to the System: Division, Unemployment and the Common Sense of European Institutions," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51, pages 55-62, September.

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