The Committee is concerned about the very low unemployment benefit coverage in the State party.

Unemployed men and women insured against unemployment who are or become widowers widows are entitled to receiving the unemployment benefit despite receiving a survivor's pension.

The Committee recommends that the State party increase unemployment benefit coverage so as to ensure an adequate standard of living for unemployed workers and their families and to include in its next report detailed information on the extent of unemployment benefit coverage, disaggregated by age, gender, residence status and national or ethnic origin.

For nothing converts cyclical unemployment into structural unemployment more certainly than prolonged unemployment.

The Committee recommends that HKSAR consider extending its social security system to cover unemployed workers through the payment of an unemployment benefit based on contributions from employers and employees.

His Government, for example, concerned at the growing youth unemployment rate, was implementing programmes to provide high quality jobs to help young people develop skills and acquire experiences that would benefit others.

Hopeless Unemployment

Unemployment grew.

Unemployed people would take the place of those on leave, who, for their part, would receive 70 of the unemployment benefit they would get if they lost their jobs (typically, 90 of one s salary).

Formal arrangements between countries that export and import labour through bilateral or regional cooperation could benefit all parties as they could solve unemployment problems in exporting countries while meeting supply shortages in importing countries.

Moreover, one must ask how much youth unemployment contributes to total unemployment.

Other financing could also be mobilized toward the same end. For example, an employee could decide to shorten the duration of his unemployment benefits and invest the corresponding points to benefit from better education opportunities.

The international community must support efforts to replace the vicious circle of underdevelopment, unemployment and violence with a virtuous circle of peace, development and productive employment and to make economic sectors benefit the working poor.

And unemployment hovers above 10 , with youth unemployment far higher, at roughly 25 .

Persons who have been employed or engaged in an activity equal to work for at least 180 days during the twelve months prior to registration as unemployed have the right to receive the state unemployment benefit.

Alternatively, labor could migrate from high unemployment southern Europe to lower unemployment northern Europe.

The unemployment rate has been reduced thanks to innovative measures such as microcredits, the promotion of entrepreneurship, labour intensive work of public utility, pre employment contracts, local salaried employee initiatives and compensation for activities of general benefit.

From Unemployment to Entrepreneurship

Unemployment hovers at 20 .

The Varieties of Unemployment

Growth collapsed unemployment spiked.

Unemployment is about 6.7 .

Unemployment rate was 10 .

Unemployment in rural areas

In Spain and Greece, unemployment is approaching 30 , while youth unemployment is nearing a staggering 60 .

The maximum benefit from reducing unemployment, increasing the real minimum wage, and expanding credit creating a strong rise in consumption, owing to rapid gains in real (inflation adjusted) income for much of the population has already been reaped.

Hurst estimates that this structural unemployment may account for up to three percentage points of total unemployment.

By that point, a great deal of unemployment had become long term unemployment, which had two consequences.

Retirement benefit

Widow's benefit

We cannot ignore high unemployment.

Unemployment is 16 and rising.

Output collapsed and unemployment soared.

Output fell and unemployment skyrocketed.

Economists call it disguised unemployment.

Europe s Youth Unemployment Non Problem

The Mirage of Youth Unemployment

Inflation and unemployment remain rampant.

Unemployment and choice of occupation

Unemployment by age for 2001

Unemployment and underemployment remain high.

Income distribution and unemployment issues

If the economy is at potential, the unemployment rate equals the NAIRU or the natural rate of unemployment.

There were only 7,000 widowers receiving survivors' benefit half of them receiving the regular benefit and the other half, the combined benefit.

At the end of 2002, 166,000 widows received survivors' benefit 95,000 received this benefit alone and another 71,000 were given the combined benefit.