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    Unemployment
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    UNEMPLOYMENT condition of one who is able to work but unable to find work. Formerly...voluntary, idleness was punishable by law; however it is now recognized that unemployment arises from factors beyond the control of the individual worker. Unemployment may be due to seasonal layoffs (e.g., in agricultural jobs), technological...
     
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    Unemployment Insurance
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE insurance against loss of wages during...workers until they are once again employed. Compulsory unemployment insurance makes such protection legally obligatory...of workers under prescribed conditions. Voluntary unemployment insurance is maintained by private organizations sanctioned...
     
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    United States
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...misfortune of both rising prices and rising unemployment; the steady drain of gold reserves...He was also confronted with mounting unemployment and with the threat of a devastating...economy continued to worsen; in 1983 the unemployment rate reached its highest point since...
     
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    Social Security
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...government shared, was adopted in 1889; unemployment insurance legislation, however, was...was passed in 1911, and a compulsory unemployment insurance program as well as old-age...insurance programs were established. The unemployment insurance system excluded many workers...
     
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    Depression , in Economics
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

    ...and investment, numerous bankruptcies, and a high level of unemployment. A less severe crisis is usually known as a recession...curtailment of production, dismissal of employees, and wage cuts. Unemployment and lowered wages further decrease purchasing power, causing...
     

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