The Cause and Consequences of Unemployment: A Case Study in Debre Birhan Town, Ethiopia

Abstract

The general objective of the study is to assess the cause and consequences of unemployment in Debre Birhan town. The specific objectives of the study is to examine the current condition of unemployment in Debre Birhan town, to examine the cause and consequence of urban unemployment in the town and to put some possible measures to tackle the problem in the town. The study used simple random sampling technique and selected 100 respondents randomly from the unemployed population in the Debre Birhan town. Thus, depending on the study the main cause of unemployment in the town are lack of job opportunity, lack of initial capital to start work, lack of skill and experience, rural urban migration and smoking cigarette and using shisha. While the consequences are dependency, bad ethics, lack of peace and security and crime. Because of the seriousness of the problem measures like giving opportunity to self-employed activities, expanding private institutions to create job opportunities, establishing non-governmental and governmental institution should be taken to reduce unemployment in the town.

DOI: 10.7176/DCS/11-2-04

Publication date: February 28^th 2021