long-term unemployment

He was a fisherman, the scarring on his hands is distinctive, fish hooks. They're old, suggesting long-term unemployment.

The Great Recession and its surge of long-term unemployment are a severe test of what was once seen as a distinctive US economic strength.

Long-term unemployment, as well as the unbearable high cost of living, made him bad tempered and easily angered.

America's recession, a post-war record in terms of length and depth, has left the country with unprecedented long-term unemployment.

Meanwhile, unemployment is almost 10 percent, and long-term unemployment is worse than it has been since the Great Depression.

Unfortunately, several remedies that have been suggested toreduce the rate of long-term unemployment will be ineffective.

How to deal with an age of deleveraging without blighting the lives of millions of people though long-term unemployment.

A rise in the number of Americans drawing long-term unemployment compensation also made a sharp economic rebound seem less likely.

Among the many reasons to regard the current economic situation as dire is the high incidence of long-term unemployment.

As a matter of fact, the US government cites "the unprecedented rise" of long-term unemployment to justify this decision.

The rest of the economy was being pulled apart amid tragic long-term unemployment, he added.

The government is trying to prevent a drift into long-term unemployment.

And what about near-record unemployment, with long-term unemployment worse than at any time since the 1930s?

As is typical during serious recessions, long-term unemployment grew a lot as the recession became more severe and prolonged.

Figures also show a startling rise in long-term unemployment, to levels previously associated with Europe's broken labour markets.

The official jobless rate conceals a surge in long-term unemployment to a postwar record.

The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s.

"It's a killer disease, " says Thomas Cottle at Boston University, author of Hardest Times: The Trauma of Long-Term Unemployment.

In many countries long-term unemployment has soared both in absolute terms and as a proportion of total joblessness.

Market wages are often lower than long-term unemployment benefits.

Growth depends on improving our skills base, not condemning our population to long-term unemployment by abolishing the Future Jobs Fund.

In particular, he noted the adverse impact of long-term unemployment, which has risen sharply over the past year.

Europe also needs a clear determination to avoid long-term unemployment.

As this special report has argued, workers' skills may erode if long-term unemployment rises.

They have repeatedly blocked extensions of long-term unemployment benefits.

Some potentially good news is the drop in long-term unemployment in this report.

Of paramount concern is the growth in long-term unemployment.

And the problem of growing long-term unemployment continues to loom large.

Long-term unemployment is harder to cure, as people's skills atrophy and they become detached from the workforce.

Admittedly the growth in temporary contracts has helped many people back into work and has lowered long-term unemployment.

These men and women are well aware that long-term unemployment will make them harder to re-employ.

What can be done about the problem of long-term unemployment?

The problem of long-term unemployment, which has been exacerbated in the last year, may be playing a role.

And long-term unemployment has gone from 2m in June 2004 to 6. 7m in April 2010.

Policies and Measures for Reducing Long-term Unemployment in Austria