Title: A Global Dilemma: How Unemployment Creates Poverty
Headings: A Global Dilemma: How Unemployment Creates Poverty
A Global Dilemma: How Unemployment Creates Poverty
1. The Loss of Income
2. Perpetuating the Poverty Cycle
3. Increased Criminal Activity
4. Long-term Unemployment
The Vicious Cycle

Content: It’s been found that the characteristics of living in poor neighborhoods create a poverty trap as families don’t have the necessary tools to become employed. When living in impoverished areas individuals experience low-quality housing, underfunded schools and restricted access to public transportation and services. These outcomes reduce an individual’s chances of finding employment again. The Vicious Cycle
While unemployment can create poverty, poverty also reduces the chance of being employed. To ensure that those who are affected by unemployment do not fall into the negative cycle, researchers believe that governments should focus on improving quality education and training all young people so they remain in school. More should be done to provide job protections which can help decrease the chance of violence and crime in the future. Poverty and unemployment go hand-in-hand, and this relationship is important to remember when trying to create solutions for the the two global issues of unemployment and poverty. – Tess Hinteregger
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