, ☆ Loss of income: Unemployment
normally results in a loss of income.
Most of the unemployed experience a
decline in their living standards and
are worse off out of work. This leads to
a decline in spending power and the
☆ Fiscal costs: The government loses ou
rise of falling into debt problems.
because of a fall in tax revenues and
spending on welfare payments for fam
☆ Social costs: Rising unemployment is linked with people out of work. The result ca
to social deprivation. For example, there is a increase in the budget deficit which t
relationship with crime and social dislocation increases the risk that the governme
including increased divorce rates, worsening have to raise taxation or scale back p
health and lower life expectancy. Regions that public spending on public and merit g
suffer from persistently high long-term
unemployment see falling real incomes and a ☆ Persistently high unemployment crea
widening of inequality of income and wealth. costs for individuals and for the econ
of these costs are difficult to value an
especially the longer-term social cost
normally results in a loss of income.
Most of the unemployed experience a
decline in their living standards and
are worse off out of work. This leads to
a decline in spending power and the
☆ Fiscal costs: The government loses ou
rise of falling into debt problems.
because of a fall in tax revenues and
spending on welfare payments for fam
☆ Social costs: Rising unemployment is linked with people out of work. The result ca
to social deprivation. For example, there is a increase in the budget deficit which t
relationship with crime and social dislocation increases the risk that the governme
including increased divorce rates, worsening have to raise taxation or scale back p
health and lower life expectancy. Regions that public spending on public and merit g
suffer from persistently high long-term
unemployment see falling real incomes and a ☆ Persistently high unemployment crea
widening of inequality of income and wealth. costs for individuals and for the econ
of these costs are difficult to value an
especially the longer-term social cost
