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Unemployment - Measuring Unemployment

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 27 Dec 2018

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What is the official definition of unemployment?

The unemployed are those people able, available and willing to work at the going wage but cannot find a job despite an active search for work

Measuring unemployment - revision video

Test your knowledge - Measuring Unemployment MCQ

MCQ measuring unemployment - revision video

Unemployment rates in European Union countries in the summer of 2018

Unemployment rate in member states of the European Union in June 2018 (seasonally adjusted)
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