Unemployment Economics

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Course Outline

  1. Meaning and Scope of Unemployment
  2. Measures and Types of Unemployment
  3. Structural and Cyclical Patterns
  4. Causes of Unemployment in India
  5. Education, Labour and Infrastructure Causes
  6. Measures to Reduce Unemployment
  7. Agriculture and Employment Creation
  8. State Employment Programmes

Key Dates

  1. 1929-30The Great Depression occurred and affected many countries.
  2. 2 October 2009The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was renamed MGNREGA.
  3. 25 September 2014Deendayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana started to provide employment to youth.
  4. 16 October 2014Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Yojana started to support unorganised-sector workers.
  5. 1 July 2015The Prime Minister Agricultural Irrigation Programme started to improve field productivity and irrigation planning.

1. Meaning and Scope of Unemployment

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Unemployment : Prof. Pigou — a situation in which a person is willing, capable and ready to work at the current wage rate but cannot obtain work.
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1. Which situation best fits the economic definition of unemployment?

2. Which person is experiencing compulsory rather than voluntary unemployment?

3. A worker has a job but receives too little income to meet basic needs, while working hours are adequate. Which measure of unemployment is most directly relevant?

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What is the definition of unemployment according to Prof. Pigou?

A situation where a person is willing, capable, and ready to work at the current wage but cannot obtain work.

What distinguishes compulsory unemployment from voluntary unemployment?

Compulsory unemployment affects willing and able workers who cannot find work, unlike voluntary unemployment.

Why is voluntary unemployment not considered an economic problem?

Because it concerns people who are unwilling to work.

What are Raj Krishna's four measures of unemployment?

Time, income, willingness, and productivity.

Which report introduced Raj Krishna's four measures of unemployment?

Shri Raj Krishna committee Report, 2011-12.

What is open unemployment?

When qualified people ready to work at current wages get no job.

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