Six hundred new lawyers graduate in a given year from Ontario law schools. The province does not need this many new lawyers. Some of these graduates are likely to experience which of the following?

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Structural unemployment occurs when there is a mismatch between the skills and qualifications of job seekers and the available jobs in the market. In this case, there are more law graduates than there are available jobs, so some of the graduates are likely to experience unemployment or underemployment due to this structural mismatch. This is different from discriminatory unemployment (B), which occurs when job seekers are discriminated against based on their race, gender, or other characteristics. Similarly, job exportation (D) refers to the relocation of jobs to other countries, which is not the case here. Educational inflation (A) refers to the devaluation of educational qualifications due to their widespread availability, which is not the same as a structural mismatch in the labour market.

Six Hundred New Lawyers Graduate in a Given Year from Ontario