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NZ emigration helps Ireland unemployment figures
The Irish media is claiming a drop in the country’s unemployment figures is due to young people choosing to emigrate or stay in education, rather than government policy. The Irish Independent says the latest figures to come out of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) are not a testimony to the government’s work.
According to the numbers, unemployment across the community as a whole has dropped slightly over the past year, whereas youth unemployment has seen a significant reduction of eight per cent, down 2,295 to 434,784. Many experts, however, claim that the results are marred, as young people choose to stick in higher education or move to New Zealand, Australia, the US and other parts of Europe in search of better job opportunities.
Experts and the media have accused the country’s government of relying on emigration to bring unemployment figures down rather that tackling joblessness head on. According to the Irish Independent, this can be demonstrated by the fact that in the west, where emigration is most common, unemployment among men fell at the fastest rate.
Last year the newspaper also reported that 70,000 people left Ireland in 2011 in search of job opportunities elsewhere. The most popular places, particularly among young people, were Australia and New Zealand.
Stockbroker for Bloxham, Alan McQuaid, also told the newspaper that he suspects that emigration has hugely altered the Live Register figures. He went on the say that New Zealand has become particularly tempting to young Irish graduates who cannot find work in their own country.
Although those who have been unemployed for a year or more increased by 16 per cent last year, short-term claimants actually went down from 282,000 to 254,000; overall, Ireland’s unemployment rate dropped by a measly 0.1 per cent.
According to the numbers, unemployment across the community as a whole has dropped slightly over the past year, whereas youth unemployment has seen a significant reduction of eight per cent, down 2,295 to 434,784. Many experts, however, claim that the results are marred, as young people choose to stick in higher education or move to New Zealand, Australia, the US and other parts of Europe in search of better job opportunities.
Experts and the media have accused the country’s government of relying on emigration to bring unemployment figures down rather that tackling joblessness head on. According to the Irish Independent, this can be demonstrated by the fact that in the west, where emigration is most common, unemployment among men fell at the fastest rate.
Last year the newspaper also reported that 70,000 people left Ireland in 2011 in search of job opportunities elsewhere. The most popular places, particularly among young people, were Australia and New Zealand.
Stockbroker for Bloxham, Alan McQuaid, also told the newspaper that he suspects that emigration has hugely altered the Live Register figures. He went on the say that New Zealand has become particularly tempting to young Irish graduates who cannot find work in their own country.
Although those who have been unemployed for a year or more increased by 16 per cent last year, short-term claimants actually went down from 282,000 to 254,000; overall, Ireland’s unemployment rate dropped by a measly 0.1 per cent.
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