Chapter 8: Q 36 (page 215)
Why do you think that unemployment rates are lower for individuals with more education?
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Unemployment rate depicts percentage of individuals unemployed in total labor force
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Chapter 8: Q 36 (page 215)
Why do you think that unemployment rates are lower for individuals with more education?
Unemployment rate depicts percentage of individuals unemployed in total labor force
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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?
Would you expect the natural rate of
unemployment to be roughly the same in different countries?
What is structural unemployment? Give examples of structural unemployment.
If you are out of school but working part time, are you considered employed or unemployed in U.S. labor statistics? If you are a full time student and working 12 hours a week at the college cafeteria are you considered employed or not in the labor force? If you are a senior citizen who is collecting social security and a pension and working as a greeter at Wal-Mart are you considered employed or not in the labor force?
Is the higher unemployment rates for minority workers necessarily an indication of discrimination? What could be some other reasons for the higher unemployment rate?
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