Sub Focus Areas: Labour Market

LETTERS: Issues in the labour market, such as unemployment, are a global problem and...

By Amirul Hamza bin Abdullah, Research Analyst Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA) Issues in the labour market, such as unemployment, are a global problem and have been for several decades, especially in Malaysia. The rise in youth joblessness has not happened across the board, and youths in some states in Malaysia have fared much better than in others. There exists a lot of discussion on unemployed youth but less on the issues or trend of youth in employment.

By Amirul Hamza bin Abdullah, Research Analyst Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA) Two years into the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has shown that the pandemic affected more than just health and the global economy. Therefore, both health and the economy shall need a long time to recover and return to a new normal livelihood.

By Muhammad ‘Aamil Azhar, Research Analyst, Institut Masa Depan Malaysia If Covid-19 is a crisis of public health, it has also ignited the crisis of unemployment. Whereas Covid-19 would last 2 or 3 years, its impact on employment would most likely last 2 to 3 generations long.