Unemployment and the Downward Trail

Abstract

This study reviews the evidence that unemployment sets its victims on a downward trail, or cycle, that will permanently blight their lives. The evidence suggests that such a downard trail may occur, but it is by no means inevitable. The variations in national and historical experience suggest that the crucial factor lies in the kinds of opportunity offered the former unemployed in their later lives.

Arbetslöshetens konsekvenser bland ungdomar

“…_ _ . •"• langtidseffekterna for de arbetslosa pa arbetsmarknadspolitiken (Travers 1985 (Stafford o.a: 1980), som observerade att ungdomar med hog arbetsorientering upplevde storre forlust av sjalvfortroende vid_ arbetsloshet. Men hogt arbetsengagemang kan ocksa bli en stark drivkraft att ta sig ur arbetslosheten.…”