Cyclical Unemployment

Definition: Cyclical unemployment occurs when the unemployment rate moves in the opposite direction as the GDP growth rate. So when GDP growth is small (or negative) unemployment is high.

Terms related to Cyclical Unemployment:

• Unemployment
• Frictional Unemployment
• Structrual Unemployment

About.Com Resources on Cyclical Unemployment:

• Would 0% Unemployment Be a Good Thing?
• Types of Unemployment
• Globalization, Unemployment and Recessions. What is the Link?

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Journal Articles on Cyclical Unemployment:

• Sectoral Shifts and Cyclical Unemployment
• Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances?
• Sectorial Shifts and Cyclical Unemployment Reconsidered