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Introduction
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| This page provides links to a series of structured online activities dealing with unemployment. Some of these make use of Macromedia's Flash and some Javascript. This means your browser will need a Macromedia shockwave flash plug in and scripting will need to be turned on in the preferences control panel. They have been tested on Victorian school networks and should work well in Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. Occaisonally bugs may appear if you are using Netscape 6. The activites can be completed as a whole or students and teachers may choose only to do some and not others. |
Who cares about Unemployment?
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| Here you will find a series of short activities some of which can be easily conucted offline that deal with the costs and benefits of unemployment.| Activity1 | Activity2 | |
Measuring Unemployment
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| Here you will find resources and online activities dealing with how the ABS measuring unemployment in Australia. |
Types of Unemployment
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| Here you will find a few activities dealing with the different types of unemployment. Is unemployment seasonal, frictional or structural etc? |
Collecting Data on Unemployment
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| This is a group of activities which make use of online databases and other online statistical sources. Students are required to test hypothesises and produce a short report on the results of their investigations. |
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