Structural unemployment

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Structural unemployment involves a mismatch between workers looking for jobs and the vacancies available often despite the number of vacancies being similar to the number of unemployed people. In this case, the unemployed workers lack the specific skills required for the jobs, or are located in a different geographical region to the vacant jobs. A solution to this problem is provide an infrastructure that offers training in these areas so that the demand for these jobs can be met. For example the USA provides community colleges so that more people can have the opportunity to increase their skills, which in turn increases the supply of labor in skilled areas. Also, Structural Unemployment is considered as a "permanent" type of unemployment.

Structural unemployment is one of the five major categories of unemployment distinguished by economists.

See also: Unemployment types