Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9781337617390
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 6WNG

(a)

To determine

The rate of unemployment.

(b)

To determine

The rate of employment.

(c)

To determine

The labor force participation rate.

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Using the following data calculate: (i) The number of persons employed.  (ii) The number of persons unemployed.  (iii) The labour force.  (iv) The Labour Force Participation rate.  (v) The “official” unemployment rate 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 hrs 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 The current population is 6,000,000 5654 Temp Workers 5000 armed forces 543 recent university graduates that are going back to graduate school 3500 institutionalize
Using the following data calculate:(iv) The Labour Force Participation rate.(v) The “official” unemployment rate 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 hrs 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 c) Suppose that 20,000 of the employed switch to jobs in the underground economy. When interviewed by STATIN, 50% of these switchers report that they are not working and not seeking work, while the other 50% report that they are not working but seeking work. Explain what happens to the official unemployment rate and the “true” unemployment rate.  (d) explain the…
(b) Using the following data calculate:(i) The number of persons employed. (ii) The number of persons unemployed. (iii) The labour force. (iv) The Labour Force Participation rate. (v) The “official” unemployment rate. 987,156 Currently Working 23,000 volunteer workers9845 (ages 13-14) looking for work 12,000 (ages 15) looking forwork45,600 Part-Time workers 56 family workers who worked15 hrs a week234 Self-Employed 6543 Discouraged Workers67,432 (ages 23-25) looking for work 67,890 laid off receptionistslooking for work544,321 (ages 16-20) looking for work Current population is6,000,0005654 Temp Workers 5000 armed forces543 recent university graduates thatare going back to graduate school3500 institutionalized
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