EU21L2

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    A married woman who wishes to return to work after a period of absence from the labour market __________ counted as unemployed by the claimant count and _______counted as unemployed by the Labour Force Survey.

    is; is
    is not; is not
    is; is not
    is not; is

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    During a recession, there is _________________.

    a decrease in the number of discouraged workers
    a decrease in the employment-to-population ratio
    an increase in the number of aggregate hours worked
    a decrease in the unemployment rate

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    People enter the workforce ______________.

    when they move from unemployed to employed
    as entrants or re-entrants
    when their unemployment benefits run out
    by being hired or recalled

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    Suppose that the number of jobs in the fishing industry decrease, but the number of jobs in the travel industry increase. Initially, there will be ________________.

    cyclical unemployment
    structural unemployment
    a shortage of workers in both sectors
    full employment

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    Cyclical unemployment _______________.

    increases during a recession
    equals zero at a business cycle trough
    is similar to the growth rate of potential GDP
    decreases during a recession

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    Between 1970 and 200, average weekly hours per person in the United Kingdom __________.

    decreased
    hovered at almost 30 hours a week
    decreased and then increased
    increased

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    The activity rate is equal to the _____________.

    number employed divided by the workforce
    workforce divided by the working-age population
    employment-to-population ratio minus the unemployment rate
    number employed divided by thew working-age population

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    Full-time students are __________________.

    counted as unemployed
    counted as discouraged workers
    not in the workforce
    in the workforce

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    When the employment-to-population ratio grows, ________________.

    the workforce is growing at a faster rate than the working-age population
    unemployment is growing at a faster rate than the economy is growing
    the economy is creating jobs faster than the working-age population is growing
    the working-age population is growing at a faster rate the the economy is creating jobs

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    The demographic group with the largest unemployment rate is ________________.

    all teenagers
    minorities
    teenage men
    teenage women