Unemployment (topic for journalism class)Please help me come up with ideas?

Question

4 sidebars topics

5 overall questions to ask about unemployment

5 question to ask about each sidebar topic

Please help me come up with these.

Answer 1

Here goes....
What effect does drawing unemployment have on a person's commitment to finding work?

Sidebar....does the benefit period (usually 6 months) affect the job search?

Does the amount of unemployment benefit wages paid encourage minimal commitment to finding employment.

Sidebar....unemployment wages are often near 75-80% of job pay w no work or commute involved.

How does a city/state/country accurately calculate the unemployment rate at any given time?

Sidebar......do those stats account for people not actively seeking employment?

Will the recent law to increase minimum wage have any effect on unemployment?

Sidebar....will employers decrease workforce to maintain payroll budget, &/or not hire to replace departing employees?

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