Project work:

Conduct an interview among unemployed people to understand the causes and type of unemployment

The interview conducted among the people who are unemployed and partly employed. The details of the interview of 4 different persons are given below.

• Me: What is your name and are you employed.

Rajesh: My name is Rajesh. Yes, I am employed in my agricultural field.

Me: will you be employed all over the year

Rajesh: NO.

Me: what is the reason?

Rajesh: Agricultural work is mainly seasonal and in the offseason period there will be no productivity.

Me: thank you

Rajesh: thank you

Rajesh is the person employed in his agricultural field and he doesn't have any employees in the summer season. Therefore Rajesh faces the seasonal unemployment.

• Me: What is your name and are you employed.

Suresh: My name is Suresh. No, but I will involve in the agricultural field that my family members are working

Me: will the production rises if you are involved in the work

Suresh: No

Me: Actually how much workers are needed to work in the field and how many are actually working.

Suresh: Actually there is a need of Only 10 members but in our field, there are nearly 25 people working

Me: thank you

Suresh: thank you

Suresh is employed in his agricultural field but he is an extra person employed theirs after the sufficient availability of labour. Therefore Suresh faces the problem of disguised unemployment.

• Me: What is your name and are you employed.

Ramesh: My name is Ramesh. No, I am unemployed

Me: what is the reason that you are unemployed?

Ramesh: I am searching for the job that suits for my qualification.

Me: If any job offered to you that is below your educational qualification, will you accept that job.

Ramesh: No, because I will work only that suits my educational qualification.

Me: thank you

Ramesh: thank you.

Ramesh is unemployed because he is a search of a job that suits his qualification. This type of unemployment is known as voluntary unemployment. Where the person is not willing to work at the prevailing wage rate.

• Me: what is your name and are you employed

Reshma: my name is Reshma. No, I am unemployed

Me: what is the reason that you are unemployed?

Reshma: I was employed in a company before last week, but now I am searching for a better job.

Me: so you are unemployed for the time which your search new job.

Reshma: yes

Me: thank you

Reshma: thank you

Reshma is a person who is unemployed for the time for which she is searching for a new job. This type of unemployment is known as Frictional unemployment.