Unemployment rates differ widely across U.S. metropolitan areas. In 2007, they ranged from 3.1 percent or less among the 25 lowest unemployment metropolitan areas to 6.6 percent or more among the 25 highest unemployment metropolitan areas. Such large differences in metro unemployment rates have held continuously since at least 1990. Moreover, those metro areas that had a relatively high unemplo...

This work provides new estimates of the effect Brazilian Unemployment Insurance Program (Programa Seguro-Desemprego) at national level and disaggregating data considering urban rural areas, using from National Household Sample Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra Por Domicílio - PNAD) on individuals for year 2015. The methodology applied empirical analysis is Regression Discontinuity Design (RD...

The objective of the review was to analyze contribution informal economy livelihood urban poor. To write this article, various secondary sources were reviewed. sector constitutes a vital part developing countries’ economy. It serves as major source employment and for poor in world general Ethiopia particular. However, despite its multifaceted economic contributions many countries, little is kno...

BACKGROUND How have suicide rates responded to the marked increase in unemployment spurred by the Great Recession? Our paper puts this issue into a wider perspective by assessing (1) whether the unemployment-suicide link is modified by the degree of unemployment protection, and (2) whether the effect on suicide of the present crisis differs from the effects of previous economic downturns. MET...

The youth unemployment rate is increasing in many countries and unemployment affects future work participation. Immigrants have more difficulties than natives in succeeding on the labour market. This study examined the long-term effect of unemployment on future unemployment in Sweden. All immigrants born during 19681972 and a random sample of native Swedes of the same age are included. The foll...

poverty, in general and women’s poverty in particular is among social problems which has been subject to be mitigated through measures. the results of statistics based studies show that poverty and injustice is more prevalent in rural areas than cities and more common among women than men. the research aims to study the social and cultural causes of women’s poverty through the qualitative appro...