This has a very specific name in economics: structural unemployment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_unemployment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur

This has a very specific name in economics: structural unemployment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_unemployment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_unemployment To my surprise, the author made no use of that term. Worth checking out the Wiki if your interested in reading more on the phenomenon.