SOC227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Blue-Collar Worker, Where We Are, Employment-To-Population Ratio
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History, stages of industrialization, marx, weber, government role, lobbyists. How many want to work but can"t find a job: definitions and differences of participation rate, employment rate, unemployment rate. 2: recent changes over time in canadian rates by sex. Terms to know: labour force: how many people are working aka the work force, participation rate, employment rate, unemployment rate: underlines how important working is, discouraged workers. What"s important is how we define ourselves, not working is bad. Working gives a sense of belonging, purpose, status. Otherwise when not working, join something where you can get status. Need for affiliation so religious cult, drugs etc: workforce labour force labour force activity. Three groups: employed + paid work: full or part-time with wages, unemployed but actively looking for work pd job. Lay off unemployed but not active because will go back to job (6 weeks, monthsetc. )
