Lecture 8

• why is unemployment a social problem?

  economic stability and functioning. Unequally distributed, high costs to social programs
• Negative Impacts of the Rise in Precarious work

  lower pay, less stability, fewer benefits, higher stress, usually unequally distributed; more likely for women and immigrants
• Response to Unemployment


  Residual; welfare-to-work. Social investment; training, EI, parental leave. Institutional; employment protections