unemployment
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They also tended to have lower levels of education and higher rates of unemployment.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
In 2010, Tunisians angry with their government over rising unemployment, vastly unequal socioeconomic development, and political repression took to the streets under the banner “bread, freedom, national dignity.”
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
"We're in a region where the unemployment rate is the highest in the country and the median salary is among the lowest, so we try to do our bit."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Last week, official data showed jobs numbers increasing faster than expectations in March, as the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs and the unemployment rate crept down to 4.3%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Moreover, studies have shown that an unemployment decline of 1 percentage point accounts for a 1 percent drop in nonviolent crime.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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