Original
Tag: unemployment
business cycle
The business cycle (also called the trade cycle) refers to the natural ups and downs of an economy
policies to reduce unemployment
Policies to reduce unemployment are actions taken by the government to lower the number of people without jobs,
labour mobility
Labour mobility is the ease with which workers can change their jobs, industries, or locations to find new
natural rate of unemployment
The natural rate of unemployment (NRU) is the unemployment rate that exists in an economy when it is
involuntary unemployment
Involuntary unemployment occurs when people are willing and able to work at the current wage, but they cannot
voluntary unemployment
Voluntary unemployment occurs when individuals decide not to accept jobs even though they are available at the current
hysteresis
Hysteresis describes a situation where high unemployment remains high for a long time and becomes difficult to fix,
disequilibrium unemployment
Disequilibrium unemployment happens when the labor market is not balanced, meaning the number of people looking for work
equilibrium unemployment
Equilibrium unemployment is the level of unemployment that occurs when the labour market is balanced, meaning the number