Employment Flashcards
Employment
Able and willing to work, within a job
Unemployment
Willing and able to work, not in a job
Two ways of measuring unemployment
- ILO labour force survey
- Claimant count
Labour force survey
- Carried out by the ILO
- survey of 80,000 houses across the UK
- Face to face interview
- Phone call every quarter
ILO labour force survey measure
- Out of work for 4 weeks
- Ready to start work in the next 2 weeks
Claimant count
Measures how many people are claiming unemployment benefits (job seekers allowance)
Limitation of claimant count
Not everyone who is unemployed will claim benefits - possibly embarrassing, high-earning partner makes you unable to, lots of forms
Consequence of the claimant count limitation
Less people claim benefits, leading to the result being underestimated
ILO labour force survey limitation
Only 80,000 households may not be representative of the whole UK - 80,000 out of 27 million
Demand-deficient / cyclical unemployment
Not enough demand for goods/services - as a result people can’t work (downsizing, cut costs)
Structural unemployment
Unemployment resulting from reorganisation within a country - due to technological change or fluctuation in supply or demand
Occupational immobility
When workers can’t move between different jobs because they lack the skills needed.
How can occupational immobility be helped?
- Education
- Training
- Apprenticeship schemes
What can occupational immobility lead to?
Structural unemployment
Geographical immobility
When workers struggle to move to different areas although they may have the skills.
