Essentials of Economics (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337091992
Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 2CQQ
To determine
Number of labor force.
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Suppose all the people below have a job. Which one of them would not be considered part of the civilian labor force?
Select one:
a.
a 15 year old.
b.
a 55 year old.
c.
a 65 year old.
d.
a 75 year old.
e.
a 105 year old.
1. Using the following data calculate:
987,156 Currently Working
23,000 volunteer workers
9845 (ages 13-14) looking for work
12,000 (ages 15) looking for work
45,600 Part-Time workers
56 family workers who worked 15 hours a week
234 Self-Employed
6543 discouraged workers
67,432 (ages 23-25) looking for work
67,890 laid off receptionists looking for work
544,321 (ages 16-20) looking for work
Current population is 6,000,000
5654 Temp Workers
5000 armed forces
543 recent university graduates that are going back to graduate school
3500 institutionalized
Ā (i) The number of persons employed.Ā
(ii) The number of persons unemployed.Ā
(iii) The labour force.Ā
(iv) The Labour Force Participation rate.Ā
(v) The āofficialā unemployment rate.
Spain is one of the famous tourist destination in the world. They have a mixture of population. Which of the following statement is true about the labor force of Spain?
a.
Labor force includes the retired people in a country
b.
Labor force includes people who are not looking for a job
c.
Labor force is the sum of the employed and unemployed people in the labor force
d.
Labor force includes entire people in the country
Chapter 20 Solutions
Essentials of Economics (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 20.1 - Prob. 1QQCh. 20.2 - Prob. 2QQCh. 20.3 - Prob. 3QQCh. 20.4 - Prob. 4QQCh. 20.5 - Prob. 5QQCh. 20 - Prob. 1CQQCh. 20 - Prob. 2CQQCh. 20 - Prob. 3CQQCh. 20 - Prob. 4CQQCh. 20 - Prob. 5CQQ
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