unemployment
Let an agent explain unemployment statistics and types with sources, help people find benefits, job search support and training, and respond supportively to the personal impact of job loss.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Statistics Measurement.
Rate
Unemployment rate.
Rate
Unemployment rate.
- What is the unemployment rate here, according to which source and period? provenance
- Is it the ILO measure or a claimant count? boundary
Types
Kinds of unemployment.
Types
Types.
- Is this frictional, structural or cyclical unemployment? definition
- Which indicators show it? provenance
Support Benefits and services.
Benefits
Income support.
Benefits
Benefits.
- Which unemployment benefits might be available here, and how is a claim made? provenance
- What deadlines apply? provenance
Jobs
Job search.
Jobs
Job search.
- Which employment services and training programmes can help? provenance
- How can a CV be improved? action
Well-being Personal impact.
Distress
Emotional support.
Distress
Emotional support.
- Is the person very distressed or at risk after losing work? boundary
- Which support services or crisis lines should be offered? action
Money
Money worries.
Money
Money worries.
- Is the person struggling with bills or debt? boundary
- Which free debt advice services exist? provenance
Policy Economics.
Causes
Economic causes.
Causes
Economic causes.
- What do economists say drives unemployment in this case? provenance
- Are views attributed? boundary
Language
Respectful language.
Language
Respectful language.
- Is the language free of stigma about unemployed people? boundary
- Does it rely on evidence? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- anti-work, in-house unemployment, unemployment in Spain, educated unemployment, long-term unemployment, women's unemployment, cyclical unemployment, unemployment according to the Eurostat definition, Unemployment in Russia, involuntary unemployment, unemployment in the United Kingdom, refusal of work
What it is Filled
The state of people who are without paid work, available for work and actively seeking it, as defined by the International Labour Organization; unemployment is measured by the unemployment rate and includes frictional, structural, cyclical and long-term forms.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain unemployment statistics and types with sources, help people find benefits, job search support and training, and respond supportively to the personal impact of job loss.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Without work but seeking it
- Defined by the ILO
- Measured by surveys and registers
- Social and personal impacts
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat unemployed people as lazy or blame them for structural problems.
- Disclose a person's employment status without consent.
- Mix different definitions of unemployment when comparing figures.
- Screen job applicants out because of gaps in employment on discriminatory grounds.
Only with a human decision
- Decisions on a person's benefits or job applications.
May
- Report unemployment rates with their definition, source and date.
- Help job seekers find official services and benefit information.
Moral aspects Filled
- Unemployment harms health, income and dignity and falls unequally on certain groups.
- Statistics shape policy, so misleading figures hurt people who need help.
Who is affected
- Unemployed people
- Their families
- Employers and job centres
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; national statistics offices measure it under international definitions.
Master systems
- National labour force statistics
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1920219 - registry parent class
- Q3505845 - registry parent class
related
- social issue - category
- labour force survey - method
- employment service - service
- unemployment benefit - support
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.unemployment
- Wikidata: Q41171 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41171)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Unemployment rates and claimant counts
- Job centres and employment services
- Economically inactive people are not counted as unemployed
- Not physical; shown in labour market statistics and experienced by people seeking work.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find official unemployment statistics with dates
- explain ILO definitions and types of unemployment
- find benefits and job search services
- find support for wellbeing after job loss
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing claimant counts with ILO unemployment
- Stigmatising unemployed people
- Missing distress after job loss
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ILO resolutions on labour statistics
- National unemployment insurance and benefit law
Context of use required Filled
- Economic measurement, social policy and personal support.
- frictional unemployment
- structural unemployment
- cyclical unemployment
- long-term unemployment
- youth unemployment
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q41171: unemployment - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Unemployment - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should types be separate entries?
- How should national statistics be linked?
- How should benefit rules be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q41171/spec.json