Examine the causes of open urban unemployment in your country.

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
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