Problem
Voluntary unemployment
Nature:
Voluntary unemployment has been described as a 'bourgeois problem', as it usually involves members of the educated classes who prefer to remain unemployed rather than accept work below the type they feel they can expect to obtain or at a wage lower than that paid to other workers with comparable levels of education.
Broader Problems:
UnemploymentAvoidance of workDependence on social welfare Narrower Problems:
Resignation to permanent joblessness Related Problems:
Inappropriate projection of values onto other cultures Aggravates:
Educated unemployed Subject(s):
Social Activity → UnemploymentSocial Activity → Voluntary
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
13.08.2019 – 17:37 CEST