Structural Unemployment: Causes and Implications

Structural Unemployment

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Structural unemployment is a result of

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Structural unemployment occurs because there are structural characteristics of the economy that make it difficult for job seekers to find employment and employers to hire workers. Basic structural characteristics of the economy make it difficult for employees and employers to "match up."

Unemployment due to this structure of the economy, means that unemployed workers do not possess the skills necessary to fill available jobs.