Seasonal unemployment

Unemployment due to intermittent production characteristics in some sectors
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Seasonal unemployment refers to the intermittent production characteristics of some sectors Unemployment
Chinese name
Seasonal unemployment
Foreign name
Seasonal unemployment
Features
Limited duration of unemployment
Type
Economics

definition

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For example, some behaviors or departments the labor The demand for consumer demand The impact of seasonal factors, such as, make some industries idle labor force, resulting in unemployment, mainly in the agricultural sector or the construction sector, or some processing industry Such as sugar industry.
Seasonal unemployment is a kind of normal unemployment. It affects some industry Production or affect some consumer demand And affect the demand for labor force. for example agricultural production Seasonal unemployment caused by seasonal unemployment.

reason

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There are two main reasons for seasonal unemployment:
① The demand for labor in some sectors or industries fluctuates with the seasons, such as Agriculture tourism construction business , shipping industry, etc;
② Some industries will meet the peak and trough of purchase with different seasons, such as Clothing industry , shoemaking industry Automobile industry So as to affect the Labor demand , causing seasonal unemployment.

Basic characteristics

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(1) Geographical region Strong sex;
(2) Industrial differences are large;
(3) Yes Regularity
With the progress of technology, seasonal unemployment tends to decrease.

Impact and countermeasures

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Seasonality Unemployment is a kind of Natural unemployment It has two negative impacts on the society: first, the income of seasonal employees is affected due to the short employment time (although compensating differential ); Second, seasonal unemployment is not conducive to Labor resources Effective use of.
For seasonality Unemployed Career guidance should focus on information service , guide them to use flexible forms (such as Part time work Temporary employment
Although seasonal unemployment is a normal form of unemployment, it also has two negative effects on the society: first, seasonal workers' income is affected due to their short employment time, which is not conducive to the stability of workers' lives; Second, seasonal unemployment of workers is not conducive to the effective use of labor resources, resulting in a certain amount of human waste.
In order to reduce the impact of seasonal unemployment, many economists advocate that the government should strengthen the prediction of seasonal unemployment period, so that seasonal workers can make arrangements for off-season employment as soon as possible. In addition, they also suggested that the government set a reasonable period of unemployment benefits to reduce the living difficulties of seasonal workers.
The above four types of unemployment are Frictional unemployment Technical unemployment structural unemployment And seasonal unemployment competitiveness labour market An inevitable low level of unemployment on the one hand, that is, normal unemployment. This is what American economist Friedman said“ Natural unemployment rate ”When the labor market is in equilibrium unemployment rate Natural unemployment rate It is about 4%~6%, and its existence does not affect the realization of full employment.