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Macroeconomics; Unemployment and Inflation Test Questions and Answers Latest Update Employment - Answers the total number of people currently employed, either full time or part time Unemployment - Answers defined as the total number of people who are actively looking for work but aren't currentl...

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Macroeconomics; Unemployment and Inflation Test Questions and Answers Latest Update

Employment - Answers the total number of people currently employed, either full time or part time

Unemployment - Answers defined as the total number of people who are actively looking for work but
aren't currently employed

Labor Force - Answers the sum of employment and unemployment

Labor Force Participation Rate - Answers defined as the share of the working-age population that is in
the labor force

Labor Force Participation Rate Equation - Answers labor force participation rate = (labor force /
population age 16 and older) * 100

Unemployment Rate - Answers the percentage of the total number of people in the labor force who are
unemployed

Unemployment Rate Equation - Answers unemployment rate = (number of unemployed workers / labor
force) * 100

Discouraged Workers - Answers nonworking people who are capable of working but have given up
looking for a job given the state of the job market

Marginally Attached Workers - Answers would like to b employed and have looked for a job in the
recent past but are not currently looking for work

Underemployment - Answers the number of people who work part time because they cannot find full
time jobs

Jobless Recovery - Answers a period in which the real GDP growth rate is positive but the
unemployment rate is still rising

(also known as a "growth recession")

Job Search - Answers workers who spend time looking for employment are engaged in this

Frictional Unemployment - Answers unemployment due to the time workers spend in job search

Long-Term Unemployed - Answers unemployed for 27 or more weeks

Structural Unemployment - Answers unemployment that results when there are more people seeking
jobs in a particular labor market than there are jobs available at the current wage rate

(occurs when the wage rate is, for some reason, persistently above the equilibrium wage rate)

Reasons for Structural Unemployment - Answers - minimum wages

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