Unemployment rate up to 80,000 people

Victor

Unemployment rate up to 80,000 people
By David Roe Last updated: 30-05-02, 12:46

There were 1,745,500 persons in employment in the first quarter of 2002, representing an increase of 35,600 or 2.1 per cent in the year, according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office this morning.

However, the figures also show that there were 80,000 persons unemployed in the first quarter of 2002, an increase of 7,400 in the quarter and 14,400 in the year.

The First Quarterly National Household Survey of 2002 shows that overall, the labour force increased by 49,900 in the year to reach 1,825,400.

In the first quarter of 2002, the unemployment rate was 4.4 per cent, compared with 4.0 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2001 and 3.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2001. The unemployment rate for males was 4.7 per cent compared with 3.9 per cent for females.

Full story http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2002/0530/breaking36.htm

Extra link: http://www.cso.ie/publications/labour/qnhs.pdf

mike65

I'd say an increase of 14,400 was pretty good going.
Foot and Mouth, international downturn, Sept 11 and still it only made a small dent in the employment growth rate.

Check this graph out.
http://migration.ucc.ie/images/2%20employment%20growth%20irl%2091-05.gif

So no fall in growth rate at all really (except in the sense
the rate in 1997-1999 was never going to be sustained).

Small pat on back for all!

Mike.

Victor

I'm not sure how relevant or current that graph is, employment according to the CSO is 200,000 higher than the UCC figure (are UCC taking part-time workers into account?). The figures also extend to 2005.

Victor

Short-term claims drive Live Register up 12.9%
By David Labanyi Last updated: 31-05-02, 12:58

The number of people on the Live Register increased by 12.9 per cent in the year to April 2002 with men comprising of the majority of the increase, according to Central Statistics Office figures released today.

Some 157,492 people were signing on in April this year a rise of 17,973 on the same period last year - an increase driven by a sharp increase in short-term claimants.

Full story: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2002/0531/breaking47.htm

mike65

The rise in short term unemployment is'nt a surprise or a worry,
its only when it feeds through to long-term that one can say the
economy has hit the buffers.

The diff in the two sources may be as you sugest, how you define employment.

The live register number is twice as large as the full time unemployed number in the latest Household Survey. So just who is allowed to "sign-on", and how many are actually getting
payments.

Mike.

Victor

Originally posted by mike65
The live register number is twice as large as the full time unemployed number in the latest Household Survey. So just who is allowed to "sign-on", and how many are actually getting
payments.

I assume thats a question. The main difference is made up by unemployed people who are not seeking work, the QNHS excludes these people from the workforce. However I suspect there are as many as ten categories of people who make up the difference (and anyway there is a blur when it comes to the definition of 'seeking work').