For the following situations, identify the type of unemployment each represents.            a. Because of the decline in the U.S. birth rate, baby clothes manufacturers are laying off workers.            b. Bill decided to relocate to Texas. He quit his present job and found a new job in Texas three weeks later.            c. As interest rates continue to rise, the sale of new homes decreases. This has caused an increase of unemployed construction workers.

Find the relative change in unemployment from January 2005 to December of 2015.

The attached chart (Quits: Total Nonfarm) shows the quit rate (the number of who quit their job during the entire month as a percentage of total employment. What happens to the quit rate during the recession of 2007-08? Why?   What happened to the unemployment rate during the recession of 2007-08?  Use your answers to explain why the unemployment rate will never fall to zero and a certain amount of unemployment is desirable.

Suppose that Julie is laid off because she works at the last automobile manufacturer in Virginia, which has just closed. Julie makes $30 per hour because of her skills in auto making. However, the closest places Julie can relocate to which require that skill are Texas, Mississippi, or Michigan. Because she takes care of her elderly mother, she cannot move. Which of the following types of unemployment is she experiencing?Give reason  Group of answer choices Frictional unemployment Cyclical unemployment Structural unemployment Demand-pull unemployment

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Which of the following would NOT be considered unemployed? Group of answer choices A laid off autoworker from Michigan looking for a new job in California. A drama school graduate who gives up looking for acting jobs in Hollywood. A college student home for the summer looking for a construction job. A former engineer looking for a part-time job to supplement their income.

The population (age 16 and over) of Pageland is 150 million; 11 million are unemployed, and 89 million hold jobs. What are the rates of unemployment and labor force participation of Pageland? Unemployment is 7 percent, and labor force participation is 88 percent. Unemployment is 7 percent, and labor force participation is 72 percent. Unemployment is 11 percent, and labor force participation is 66 percent. Unemployment is 11 percent, and labor force participation is 89 percent.

In the beginning of a recovery after a recession, employment begins to rise and the news media report these data on job growth. a) would such a report have an impact on the labor force ? b) how would it effect the unemployment rate?

The type of unemployment that is associated with labor market frictions or job search is referred to as: a. cyclical unemployment b. seasonal unemployment c. frictional unemployment d. structural unemployment

In which of the following cases will we observe unemployment? the quantity of labor demanded is greater than the quantity of labor supplied at the going wage rate. the wage is below the level that balances supply and demand for labor. there is a shortage of workers. the quantity of labor demanded is less than the quantity of labor supplied at the going wage rate.