Chapter 8: Q. 18 (page 214)
Are U.S. unemployment rates distributed evenly across the population?
Short Answer
"No" The percent within the U. S. never falls to zero and barely gets below 3%.
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Chapter 8: Q. 18 (page 214)
Are U.S. unemployment rates distributed evenly across the population?
"No" The percent within the U. S. never falls to zero and barely gets below 3%.
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While unemployment is highly negatively
correlated with the level of economic activity, in the real world it responds with a lag. In other words, firms do not immediately lay off workers in response to a sales decline. They wait a while before responding. Similarly, firms do not immediately hire workers when sales pick
up. What do you think accounts for the lag in response time?
As the baby boomer generation retires, what should happen to wages and employment? Can you show this graphically?
Over the long term, has the U.S. unemployment rate generally trended up, trended down, or remained at basically the same level?
Would you expect hidden unemployment to be higher, lower, or about the same when the unemployment rate is high, say 10%, versus low, say 4%? Explain.
What term describes the remaining level of
unemployment that occurs even when the economy is healthy?
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