Examine the causes of open urban unemployment in your country.
Open unemployment is the situation when a person is willing to work, is educated but is unable to get a job and work
- Large number of job seekers in towns due to rural-urban migration
- Nature of education system that prepares students for “white collar jobs” which are few
- Export of unprocessed agricultural products creates few job opportunities
- Use of capital-intensive technologies like computers reduce employment opportunities
- Poor infrastructures such as electricity distribution in rural area leading to limited creation of rural employment
- Discrimination in the labour market due to corruption and nepotism.
- Low entrepreneurship skills leading to low rate of job creation
- Lack of relevant skills for the available employment
CATEGORIES Economics
TAGS Dr. Bbosa Science