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WORKLESSNESS [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

The condition of being unemployed and having little or no prospect for employment.

CONT

Unemployment ... could be translated as "I haven't got a job this week." Worklessness, meanwhile, could be defined as "I never expect to have a job, no one in my family has had a job for two generations, so why should I bother."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

[L'unité baptisée Social Exclusion Unit] a recommandé la formulation d'une stratégie pour combler le fossé séparant les quartiers défavorisés du reste de l'Angleterre, c'est-à-dire : [...] pour faire en sorte de réduire le désœuvrement persistant, d'abaisser le taux de criminalité, d'améliorer la santé et de rehausser le niveau d'instruction dans tous les quartiers problématiques.

Spanish

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