This thesis provides an overview of the unemployment problems and
economic stability in Thailand. The purpose of this study was the relation of different
factors that indicating the level of employment and unemployment, wage labour,
movement of labour from rural area to urban area, migration of labour (domestic and
international) and the natural rate of unemployment. It calculates non-accelerating
inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) and make a forecast for employment and
unemployment. The analysis is based on official statistics from the labour force
survey carried out by the National Statistic Office during 1985 and 2001.