POLICY Magazine
SCHOOL'S BRIEF: Unemployment
Mark Wooden |
03 March 1997
It is widely accepted that the inability of many Australians to find paid work is a serious economic adn social problem and imposes costs on many members of our society, and not just the unemployed.
This article presents a review of the problem through a brief examination four related questions.
1. What is unemployment and how large is the problem?
2. In what ways is it a problem?
3. What causes it?
4. What can be done about it?

