The labour market is in a continual state of flux. Workers are hired, fired, joining the labour force and leaving the labour force. The balance of these flows determines the unemployment rate.
The ins and outs of UK unemployment
Jennifer Smith, 18 July 2011
Topics: Labour markets
Tags: employment protection, job search, UK, unemployment
Does finding work come down to who you are, or where you live?
Laurent Gobillon, Thierry Magnac, Harris Selod, 19 March 2007
Local unemployment is seen as a key contributing factor in the riots that spread out of Paris to many low-income areas throughout France in 2005, and to similar events going back to the 1965 Watts riots in the US. The common conclusion drawn is that workers residing in distressed and isolated areas simply do not have enough job opportunities.
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Topics: Labour markets
Tags: access to jobs, job search, unemployment
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