2.1 The comparison of Unemployment Rate between Malaysia and Austria with its reason.

Country
Malaysia

2000
2.8%

2001
3.7%

2002
3.8%

2003
3.6%

2004
3%

2005
3.6%

2006
3.5%

Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Austria

5.4%

5% 4.8% 4.4% 4.4% 5.2% 4.9%

Unemployment rate in Malaysia increased to 0.9% on Year 2001 from 2.8% on Year
2000. Unemployment rate in Malaysia is reported by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Unemployment rate in Malaysia averaged 4% from 2000 until 2006, reaching all time high of
3.8% on Year 2002 and a record low of 2.8% on Year 2000, the unemployment rate measures
the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labor force.

Unemployment rate in Austria decreased to 0.4% on Year 2001 from 5.4% on Year 2000.
Unemployment rate in Austria is reported by the Public Employment Service Austria (AMS).
Unemployment rate in Austria averaged 5.7% from 2000 until 2006, reaching all time high of
5.4% on Year 2000 and a record low of 4.4% on Year 2003 and 2004, the unemployment rate
measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labor force.
The reasons of unemployment are they trying to get a better job so workers move from
one job to another job. Unemployment occurs because workers have different abilities and jobs
have different skill requirements. Besides, many of the unemployed from heavy manufacturing
industry have found a difficult to gain re-employment without an investment in re-training. This
problem is one of occupational immobility.