Not exact matches
The report contends that while many regions
of Canada face
high unemployment levels, people are still
not relocating to areas where jobs are available.
In fact, there is a significant proportion
of disability benefit claimants who should be on
unemployment benefit, and therefore the figure
of the jobless is substantially
higher if
not for the shunting
of these people onto the sickness register mainly because
of the
higher levels of benefit.
The situation that Spain is experiencing in terms
of unemployment is problematic: together with Greece, it has the
highest level of unemployment among European countries (23.7 % according to the latest EPA (Encuesta de Población Activa — Labor Force Survey); one out
of two young adults under the age
of 25 can
not find work (52.4 %); and nearly half
of the unemployed receive no benefits whatsoever.
Additionally, he says, recent research has found
high levels of unemployment and underemployment as well as poorer work productivity among adults who had childhood ADHD than among those who did
not.
Among the book's more «robust» conclusions, to use the economists» term, is that the
high Swedish expenditure on adult education (which is very well developed in Sweden, as a resource for unemployed workers and as a way
of upgrading or changing one's credentials) is
not warranted by its returns: But how could it be, when, we learn, «individuals received student pay [all students are paid in Sweden — part
of the commitment to equality] at the
level of unemployment benefits, which in Sweden replace up to 80 percent
of forgone earnings.»
This legislation, which passed with overwhelming bi-partisan majorities at the time, was based upon the sound evidence that children who can
not read on grade
level by fourth grade begin a cycle
of falling behind and are much more likely to drop out
of high school, and experience a spiraling set
of consequences that often lead to
unemployment and incarceration.
Despite the U.S. Federal Reserve making noises that they will slow the
level of QE they will be keeping a beady eye on the
unemployment rate, which they are targeting at 6.5 % and will
not do anything that might push
unemployment higher, unless galloping inflation rears its ugly head.
Looking at credit scores, «In lower - ranking cities there's a
higher degree
of unemployment and education
levels aren't as
high,» said Rod Griffin, director
of public education at Experian, which provided credit report data for the analysis.
With today's
high unemployment levels, says Renee Bucklin, founder
of the Rhode Island - based Bucklin Human & Administration Services, long stretches between jobs should
not be an instant disqualifier.
You know, California has the most earth quakes and also has the
highest unemployment... why can't we assume that the number
of earth quakes impacts the
unemployment level?