Unemployment; Educational disadvantage; Rural poverty; Poverty in disadvantaged urban areas; Child poverty; Women's poverty; Health and poverty;
the downturn since then in the economy has resulted in increasing levels of unemployment and the number of unemployed stands at 36,100 or 15.1%(Q3nhs, July-Sept 2009).
Table 2. 3 Changing Employment Profile of the Southeast Region 2002-2006 The Southeast Region has the highest rate of unemployment in the country at 15.1%(CSO, QNHS Q3,
It has had a serious impact on the lives of nearly all families as unemployment has grown
in unemployment and participation rates relative to national averages-Changes in average household incomes relative to national averages-The amount of research resources attracted by the region's third
Sweden and Ireland all face youth unemployment above 20%.%Youth need access to education, resources and structures to turn ideas into value through the provision of relevant opportunities.
and diversifying population, youth unemployment, sustainable cities and global challenges climate change, environmental degradation and poverty.
environmental protection and unemployment. Finance social innovation funds, like the new US fund (see opposite) 3 through a new partnership between the European commission and European Investment Bank (EIB) and through the EU structural funds and EU level recognition.
youth unemployment is a major issue of concern in Europe, up to 25%in many countries. Youth must become engaged in society,
The depth of the recession is illustrated perhaps best by the rapid increase in the unemployment rate up from 4. 5 per cent in Q1 2007 to 13.6 per cent in Q2 2013 with total unemployment having almost tripled2 since 2007.
Eurostat 2 Unemployment rose from 4. 5 per cent in Q4 2007 to 12.8 per cent in Q4 2013.
The depth of the recession is illustrated perhaps best by the rapid increase in the unemployment rate up from 4. 5 per cent in Q1 2007 to 13.6 per cent in Q2 2013 with total unemployment having almost tripled2 since 2007.
Eurostat 2 Unemployment rose from 4. 5 per cent in Q4 2007 to 12.8 per cent in Q4 2013.
internal (islands) and external Significant labour force with a low educational level High unemployment Unbalanced productive structure and consequent inertia Extra-costs for essential infraestructuresand services (eg.
Economic activity (Participation) and Unemployment by Level of Educational Attainment-West Region (2009)..23 Figure 9:
In addition, demographic and migration trends also help to understand falling employment levels despite increases in productivity and low rates of unemployment.
Economic activity (Participation) and Unemployment by Level of Educational Attainment-West Region (2009) Source: Calculations based on data from INS:
The result is high levels of structural unemployment (and low participation rates) and skills mismatches at all levels of the labor force.
7 unemployment, transportation or environment. Another exemple is e-education that represents an alternative to the traditional learning method,
the rate of unemployment in Castilla y León, was been reduced significantly during the period 1996 (19.4%)to 2007 (7. 2%).More recently,
During the same period, unemployment of youth population increased from 17.43%to 38.54%in Castilla y León
and services and increasing efficiency but also for meeting the job creation challenge of high unemployment. In the short to medium term there is a real opportunity for governments to use policies for entrepreneurship
At the same time many address problems of unemployment and the social problems of poor neighbourhoods. This is of great relevance in the current post-crisis context in
or youth unemployment or environmental sustainability, are other examples of the different levels at which social innovation can be achieved.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION OECD 2010 223 bring innovative solutions to problems such as social exclusion and unemployment through the production of goods and services.
Unemployment is acute among young people. Over one in two people aged 15 24 are out of work in Spain and Greece;
in France and the UK, youth unemployment is well over 20%(OECD March 2012. There is empirical evidence
As a consequence of this oversight or neglect, many European regions struggle with high levels of dereliction, unemployment, welfare dependency, child poverty, crime and general deprivation.
OECD. 2012. http://www. oecd-ilibrary. org/employment/youth unemployment-rate. Oeij, P. R. A j. Klein Hesselink,
'-Focus on tackling the high levels of unemployment, particularly amongst the youth population; -Facilitate the provision of effective and efficient collaboration
one in four is unemployment. The figures for youth unemployment are even more devastating; 59.2%and 54.3%,in those two countries, respectively.
At the same time, digitisation created six million jobs globally in 2011, despite the economic downturn, as ICT is adopted widely in all corners of society.
and contribute €63 billion to the economy, with a positive impact on youth unemployment. The real issue is that there are going to be skill gaps.
filling the gaps and getting people out of unemployment and into work, Higgins told Euractiv in an interview.
Even though we now have huge youth unemployment, there is not quite yet a perfect match between skills and workforce.
Gordon, Robert J.,Is there a Tradeoff Between Unemployment and Productivity Growth? in D. Snower and G. De la Dehesa, eds.
Unemployment Policy: Government Options for the Labour market. Cambridge: Cambridge university Press, 1997, pp. 433-63.26 Gordon, Robert J.,Monetary Policy in the Age of Information technology:
and dominant paradigms and thus shed light on the role and impact of power and politics in social innovation. 8 SOCIAL INNOVATION THEORY AND RESEARCH Introduction Longstanding issues such as unemployment,
and inexpensively available, is being used in the TEM initiative in Greece55 to support a local currency for the exchange of goods and services within groups with high unemployment and low income.
The‘social filter'index is calculated as the first principal component of (1) the employed population with tertiary education in region i,(2) long-term unemployment as a percentage of total unemployment,
whereas the proportion of agricultural employment and the rate of long-term unemployment are major barriers for technological progress in a region.
0406) Long-term unemployment-0. 0774**-0. 0658*(0. 0369)( 0. 0393) Agricultural Employment-0. 0395-0. 0796**(0. 0331)( 0
it has suffered the worst financial and economic crisis in decades with unemployment set to rise to double digit figures by 2010.
The 2009 contraction ranges from roughly 2%in France to 4. 5%-5%in Germany, Italy and the UK. ii Fighting unemployment especially youth unemployment and generational worklessness.
%)In October 2009, the youth unemployment rate (under-25s) was 20.6%in the euro area and 20.7%in the EU27.
Netherlands has the lowest rate of youth unemployment (7. 2) %and Spain (42.9) and Latvia (33.6%)have the highest.
Tackling unemployment needs to reinforce social cohesion. iii Climate change the costs and devastation of climate change are incredibly difficult to forecast accurately
Europe reduced unemployment from 12%to 7%in the decade to 2008. We now need new sources of growth to replace the jobs lost in the crisis. In short:
environmental protection and unemployment'.'The Panel proposed broadening the concept of innovation to include social innovation as well as business innovation.
voluntary and community based civil society organisations across the globe which are dedicated to serving their communities by tackling issues such as social exclusion, homelessness, addictions, illiteracy and unemployment.
A programme of actions to improve the prospects of a group (for example 14-16 year olds in a particular area at risk of crime or unemployment;
‘Nonprofit organisations tackling unemployment in Germany and the UK: Vigorous independent enterprises meeting social needs or the emergence of‘entrepreneurial not-for profits with limited social liability'?
For example, tendering for innovative approaches to cutting graduate unemployment or street homelessness, encourages bids by teams with the capacity to develop concepts to scale,
such as lower unemployment. 327) Holistic local budgets such as the New deal for Communities, which gave local communities wide discretion on how to spend large sums of money (typically around £50 million over ten years),
and emerging thinking on creating markets for other social‘bads'(such as criminality or unemployment), to accelerate market innovation to meet social and environmental goals. 490) Markets for goods'.
Issues such as the distribution of working time, the valorisation of voluntary labour, the content and channels of life skills learning, the role of many of the social and educational services, the arrangements for retirement and unemployment, the size
Data collection and availability problematic. 4 Relative rate of graduate (un) employment The rate of unemployment of graduates 18 months after graduation as a percentage of the national rate of unemployment
and definitions of‘staff'10 Relative rate of graduate (un) employment The rate of unemployment of graduates 18 months after graduation as a percentage of the national rate of unemployment of graduates 18
their coverage in national databases Dimension EUMIDA and U multirank data element European countries where data element is available in national databases Teaching & Learning relative rate of graduate unemployment
graduation rate AR, CA, US, ZA AR, AU, SA, ZA relative rate of graduate unemployment AU, CA
B A Percentage graduating within norm period B b Relative rate of graduate unemployment B c In Interdisciplinarity of programmes B b Inclusion of work experience B A-B Gender balance
A number of institutions did not have information on graduate employment/unemployment at the field level.
to reduce high youth unemployment and to increase the youth employment rate, as pursued by the Youth on the move initiative.
and in the Eurozone in particular, where growth rates remain low and unemployment stubbornly high. Europe continues to struggle to increase its competitiveness and set its economy on a more solid footing.
Global Agenda Council on Youth unemployment Mark Rutte, Prime minister of The netherlands Aymeric Sallin, Founder and Chief executive officer, Nanodimension, USA;
Obviously, priorities for a Western city with a stable population and facing sluggish growth, unemployment and ageing demographics will be quite different to those of an emerging-market city with lower income levels, high growth
Now, the city boasts lower-thannational-average unemployment. While still employing 100,000 people as America's second largest market for industrial metal employment,
Unemployment declined from over 18%in 2003 to under 10.8%in 2012. Leipzig is known for style
and unemployment dropped from 10.9%in 2005 to 5%in 2010. Since the Polish regional governance system was reformed in the 1990s,
Low unemployment: Efforts have been made to promote high-quality employment. In 2013,43, 300 new jobs were created. The unemployment rate is under 2. 28%.
The collapse of the US national housing market in 2008 and the weakness of the national economy hit Detroit especially hard, further eroding property values and increasing unemployment,
By 2009, unemployment in Detroit stood at 25, %although it has improved since by 9%,according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment at one point hit 26%,with a dominant pessimistic psychology among the population, which seemed to lack selfesteem and influence.
municipal service centres (e g. education, health, sports, culture, entertainment), energy, telecommunications and unemployment activities for the following programmes:
Many have to grapple with sluggish growth, ageing populations, unemployment, high levels of unfunded public debt and inner-city blight.
high unemployment, and financial fragmentation. Emerging economies are forecasted to grow more modestly than they did in the past.
Most obviously, priorities for a Western city with a stable population, facing sluggish growth, unemployment,
where rigid labor markets were an important cause of high youth unemployment. Youth unemployment continues to be high in a number of European countries as well
where important barriers to entry into the labor market remain in place. Efficient labor markets must also ensure clear strong incentives for employees
and reduce the country's stubbornly high level of unemployment. Traditionally a black spot the situation of France's labor market has improved markedly over the year (61st, up 10), thanks to increased flexibility,
for example, it must address both unemployment among young people (31.3 percent in 2012) and the consequence of the conflict in neighboring Syria,
with its youth unemployment rate estimated at over 50 percent. Botswana remains stable this year at 74th place, the fourth spot in the region.
Also critical, in view of the country's rapidly growing population and high unemployment, are investing in the healthcare system and primary education (135th) as well as higher education and training (138th.
youth unemployment is rising, and access to basic services remains a challenge. Even in several fast-growing developing countries, it appears that growth has made not a notable dent in income inequality or poverty,
In advanced economies, welfare states promote the economic and social well-being of the society by protecting their members from excessive loss of income during old age and during periods of unemployment or illness.
and to all the costs associated with unemployment. Moreover, a widespread black economy may affect the resilience of a social system,
the Income Gini index, Social mobility, and Youth unemployment. The income Gini index is a measure of income inequality,
Additionally, low expectations for the future in a context of high unemployment and persistent inequality can spark political instability.
Finally, high youth unemployment can reduce social cohesion and incur significant economic and social costs. It depresses lifetime earnings for unemployed workers
From an economic standpoint, high youth unemployment Access to basic necessities Vulnerability to economic exclusionsocial cohesion Access to sanitation Access to improved drinking water Access to healthcare Vulnerable employment
Extent of informal economy Social safety net protection Income Gini index Social mobility Youth unemployment Figure 2:
Youth unemployment is slightly increasing but remains at a fairly low level (8. 4 percent), while social protection and mobility remain in line with past rankings, painting a positive picture of The swiss social system.
US competitiveness improves slightly but less than that of other advanced economies because of its still-high levels of income inequality and youth unemployment (15 percent on a decreasing trend).
Finland, despite an inclusive social system and a track record of managing resources responsibly, has to address a rather high level of youth unemployment (approximately 19 percent
On the social sustainability pillar, it is characterized by relatively low youth unemployment, widespread access to healthcare,
Japan delivers a relatively positive performance on the social sustainability component as a result of its low youth unemployment, its small informal economy,
Sweden has the highest youth unemployment rate within the Nordic group which results in its relatively weaker position within the Nordics on the social sustainability pillar.
Norway attains the strongest social sustainability performance of all the countries in the sample this year, balancing low inequality and social protection with high mobility and low level of unemployment.
In the United arab emirates, low youth unemployment and wide access to basic necessities positively influence social sustainability,
The country does not report data related to youth unemployment or vulnerable employment; these indicators cannot therefore be assessed.
South africa's main social problems remain its extremely high income inequality and youth unemployment, but inadequate access to healthcare and a poor social safety net are also contributing to a below par result on the social sustainability dimension.
However, these factors are compensated partially by its low youth unemployment and almost universal access to improved drinking water.
its low youth unemployment and widespread access to water and sanitation offset its relatively high level of inequality, its widespread informal economy,
Youth unemployment has increased and inequality remains relatively high. In terms of environmental sustainability, however, Kenya has been sensitive to the loss of biodiversity that accompanies its socioeconomic development
Social sustainability pillar S01 Income Gini index*S02 Youth unemployment*S03 Access to sanitation*d (log) S04 Access to improved drinking water*d S05
national sources S02 Youth unemployment Percent of total unemployed youth to total labor force aged 15 24 2012
or most recent Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force aged 15 24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
but growth prospects remain unstable and unemployment stubbornly high in many countries, notably those most severely hit by the crisis. Technological progress
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