Individuals leave the labour force when they:  (a) find employment. (b) become unemployed. (c) retire. (d) work in the informal sector.

23. What is the most important variable in determining an individual's earnings and career prospects in the present-day United States? a. Race b. Gender c. Educational attainment d. Family background e. Dumb luck

5. The total population is 98.4 million. The participation rate is 77.9%. The population employed is 49.8 million and the unemployment rate is 11.1%. a. How many people are in the labour force? b. How many are unemployed? c. How many people are in the civilian noninstitutional population?

8. T/F/U. The unemployment rate given that the number of employed workers is 180.5 million the number of non-working citizens is 76.856 million and the number of individuals no longer working and looking for a job is 70.8 million

Match the following terms and definitions.____ a. fertility____ b. crude death rate____ c. crude birth rate____ d. demography____ e. fecundity____ f. age-specific fertility____ g. age-specific death rate____ h. infant mortality rate____ i. migration____ j. gross migration rate____ k. net migration rate____ l. morbidity(1) the number of deaths per 1,000 members of a population per year(2) the movement of people from one geographical area to another for the purpose of establishing a new residence(3) the increase or decrease per 1,000 members of a population per year as a result of people leaving and enteringthe population(4) the number of live births per 1,000 women aged fifteen to forty-four years(5) the number of deaths per 1,000 persons in a specific age group(6) the study of the growth, distribution, composition, and change of a population(7) the number of live births per 1,000 women in a specific age group(8) the number of persons per 1,000 members of a population who enter or leave…

9. Structural unemployment occurs becauseA. it takes time for workers to search for the jobs that best suit their tastes and skills.B. minimum wage laws force the wages to remain above their equilibrium levels.C. some people are economically inactive.D. the number of jobs available in some labour markets is insufficient to provide a job for everyone who wants one. PROVIDE A BRIEF WRITTEN EXPLANATION JUSTIFYING YOUR CHOICE.