Chapter 8: Q 34 (page 215)
Is the higher unemployment rates for minority workers necessarily an indication of discrimination? What could be some other reasons for the higher unemployment rate?
Short Answer
No it is not necessary
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Chapter 8: Q 34 (page 215)
Is the higher unemployment rates for minority workers necessarily an indication of discrimination? What could be some other reasons for the higher unemployment rate?
No it is not necessary
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What type of unemployment (cyclical, frictional,
or structural) applies to each of the following:
a. landscapers laid off in response to a drop in new housing construction during a recession.
b. coal miners laid off due to EPA regulations that shut down coal fired power
c. a financial analyst who quits his/her job in
Chicago and is pursing similar work in Arizona
d. printers laid off due to drop in demand for printed catalogues and flyers as firms go the internet to promote an advertise their products.
e. factory workers in the U.S. laid off as the plants shut down and move to Mexico and Ireland.
If many workers become discouraged from looking for jobs, explain how the number of jobs could decline but the unemployment rate could fall at the same time.
Under what condition would an increase in the unemployment rate be a positive sign?
What is the difference between being unemployed and being out of the labor force?
Assess whether the following would be counted as 鈥渦nemployed鈥 in the Current Employment Statistics survey.
a. A husband willingly stays home with children while his wife works.
b. A manufacturing worker whose factory just closed down.
c. A college student doing an unpaid summer internship.
d. A retiree.
e. Someone who has been out of work for two years but keeps looking for a job.
f. Someone who has been out of work for two months but isn鈥檛 looking for a job.
g. Someone who hates her present job and is actively looking for another one.
h. Someone who decides to take a part time job because she could not find a full time position.
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