In certain districts, especially within Britain's depressed regions such as Merseyside, 'traditional transitions'—straight from school into employment—have now become rare. In 1985 only 7.9 per cent of Liverpool's 16 year olds who entered the labour market were employed by December. Governments ...
1. the state of being unemployed. 2. the number of unemployed persons, usu. expressed as a percentage: Unemployment went up two-tenths of a percent in April. 3. Informal. unemployment benefit. [1885–90] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Co...