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Structural Unemployment

Scope Note: 
Unemployment resulting from structural changes in an economy (and consequent mismatches between jobs and skills), caused by technological developments, population shifts, industry relocations, modified consumer patterns, altered government policies, etc. -- may often be inherent and persistent in dynamic market economies
Category: Labor and Employment
Broader Terms
Unemployment
Narrower Terms
N/A
Use this term instead of
Technological Unemployment
Related Terms
Barriers
Dislocated Workers
Economic Change
Employment Potential
Industrial Structure
International Trade
Job Layoff
Job Skills
Labor Economics
Labor Market
Population Trends
Skill Obsolescence
Technological Advancement
Underemployment
Added to ERIC: 8/1/1986