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Assess the main causes of unemployment Unemployment is described as someone who has been in previous employment but he/she has lost their job due to various factors, which will be assessed within this essay. Unemployment is not to be confused with workless households - a workless household is one where all occupants choose not to work or physically can't work because of disability. Also, the occupants within a workless household would be receiving benefits, such as Income Support. Unemployment has risen very sharply over the past twenty years for two main reasons. Partly it is because of technological changes which have caused structural change in the economy and also because of the change in Government policies. Although structural changes and Government policies are primary factors which have caused unemployment, there are also secondary factors which have added to the rate of unemployment and these are age and education. Within this essay,...

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