Unemployment refers to individuals who are employable and seeking work but unable to find a job. It is measured by the unemployment rate, which indicates the percentage of the workforce that is unemployed. There are several types of unemployment, including demand deficient unemployment which occurs during recessions when companies cut jobs, frictional unemployment which refers to those between jobs, and structural unemployment when workers' skills do not match available jobs. Unemployment can be caused by factors from both the demand side like recessions and the supply side like mismatches between workers and jobs. It negatively impacts both workers through financial difficulties and the economy through reduced consumer spending. In the Philippines, the unemployment rate dropped to 5.1% in mid-2019 from 5

2. What is Unemployment?

3.  UNEMPLOYMENT IS A TERM REFERRING TO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EMPLOYABLE AND
SEEKING A JOB BUT ARE UNABLE TO FIND A
JOB. FURTHERMORE, IT IS THOSE PEOPLE IN
THE WORKFORCE OR POOL OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE AVAILABLE FOR WORK THAT DOES NOT
HAVE A JOB. USUALLY MEASURED BY THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, WHICH IS DIVIDING
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN WORKFORCE,
UNEMPLOYMENT SERVES AS ONE OF THE
INDICATORS OF AN ECONOMY’S STATUS.

4. Types of unemployment

5. 1. DEMAND DEFICIENT UNEMPLOYMENT

6. This is the biggest cause of
unemployment that happens especially
during a recession when there is a reduction
in the demand for the company’s products or
services, they will most likely cut back too on
their production, making it unnecessary to
retain a wide workforce within the
organization. In effect, workers are laid off

7. 2. FRICTIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT

8. Refers to workers who are in between
jobs. An example is a worker who
recently quit or was fired and looking for
a job in economy that is not experiencing
a recession. It is not an unhealthy thing
becaused by workers looking for a job
that is most suitable to their skills.

9. 3. STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT

10. Happens when the skills set of a worker
does not match the skills demand of the job
available or if the worker cannot reach the
geographical location of the job. An example is
a teaching job requires relocation to china, but
the worker cannot secure a work visa due to
certain visa restrictions it can also happen
when there is a technical change in the
organization, such as workflow automation

11. 4. VOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT

12. Voluntary unemployment
happens when a worker decides to
leave a job because it is no longer
financially fulfilling. An example is a
worker whose take-home pay is less
than his cost of living.

13. CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

14. - Unemployment is caused by various reasons
that come from both the demand side, or
employer, and the supply side, or the worker
- From the demand slide, unemployment may
be caused by high interest rates, global
recession, and financial crisis. From the supply
slide, frictional unemployment and structural
employment play and role.

15. EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT

16. - The impact of unemployment can be felt by both
the workers and the national economy and can
create a ripple effect.
- Unemployment causes workers to suffer financial
difficulties that may lead to emotional destruction.
What it happens, consumer spending, which is one
of an economy’s key drivers of growth, goes down,
leading to a recession or even a depression when
left unaddressed.

17. RATE OF
UNEMPLOYMENT IN
PHILIPPINES

18. The unemployment rate in the Philippines dropped to 5.1 percent in
the June quarter 2019 from 5.5 percent a year ago. The number of
unemployed persons fell by 75 thousand to 2.29 million while the
number of employed grew by 135 thousand to 42.24 million.
Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate increased to 61.4
percent from 60.9 percent. Among employed persons, workers in
the services sector made up 58.5 percent of the total, followed by
those in the agriculture sector (22.3 percent) and industry (19.2
percent). Unemployment Rate in Philippines averaged 8.31 percent
from 1994 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 13.90 percent in
the first quarter of 2000 and a record low of 4.70 percent in the
fourth quarter of 2016.