Alternatively, technological change can cause the skills of some workers to become obsolete, and the workers don’t have other skills that are in demand. Education, retraining, and support of developing industries are approaches we can take to combat structural unemployment.
What can we do to combat structural unemployment?
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Can a ban on a job cause structural unemployment?
So yes, the government can create structural unemployment if they do something which results in people having the wrong skills. Banning (or effectively banning) a job that lots of people were doing will create structural unemployment.