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Ucsp Finals Week 7&8

The document discusses three major social issues in a community: unemployment, public health, and poverty and income distribution. It defines unemployment and the four types. It discusses the economic costs of high unemployment. It also discusses how economists measure inflation and its effects on the economy.

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Ucsp Finals Week 7&8

The document discusses three major social issues in a community: unemployment, public health, and poverty and income distribution. It defines unemployment and the four types. It discusses the economic costs of high unemployment. It also discusses how economists measure inflation and its effects on the economy.

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Major Social
Issues in my
Community
SECTION 1: UNEMPLOYMENT
SECTION 2: PUBLIC HEALTH
SECTION 3: POVERTY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION
SECTION 1
Objectives:
Unemployment
 What is the unemployment rate?
 What are the four major types of unemployment?
 What are the main economic costs of high unemployment?
SECTION 1
Unemployment rate
Unemployment
 a labor force statistic
 the percentage of people in the nonmilitary labor force who
are unemployed
SECTION 1
Four major types of
unemployment:
 frictional
 structural
 seasonal
 cyclical
SECTION 1
Economic costs of high
unemployment:
 reduced production of goods and services
 reduced business sales
 increased need for federal support of the unemployed
SECTION 2

 What do economists look at when evaluating price changes


over time?
 What causes inflation?
 What are the two main price indexes that economists use to
measure inflation?
 How does inflation affect the economy?
SECTION 2
What is Public Health?
SECTION 2
SECTION 3
Objectives:
Poverty and Income Distribution

 How do economists determine the number of poor people in


the Philippines?
 How do economists measure the distribution of income?
 What policies does the Philippine government use to reduce
the income gap and decrease poverty?
SECTION 3
Poverty and Income Distribution

The poverty thereshold—the lowest


income that a household of a certain
size or composition needs to maintain a
basic standard of living—is used to
determine the poverty rate in the
Philippines.
SECTION 3
Federal policies to reduce the
income gap and decrease poverty:

 increasing access to educational resources


 providing training for low-skilled workers
 redistributing income
 raising minimum wage
 setting wage levels
 prohibiting companies from building in
foreign countries where labor is cheaper
UCSP FINALS WEEK 7&8
QUARTER 1

Submitted to: Mrs. Grace M. Terez

Submitted by: Shela May C. Antrajenda


Section: Grade 11-Integrity/Irregular

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