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More than three-fourths of the unemployed are recent entrants into the labor force.

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Some degree of unemployment is inevitable in a complex economy.

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Providing training for unemployed individuals is primarily intended to reduce

Minimum wages are the predominant reason for unemployment in the U.S. economy.

The adult population must equal the sum of the employed, the unemployed, and those not in the labor force.

Briefly compare the structural unemployment that arises from minimum-wage laws to the frictional unemployment that arises from the process of job search.

Critics of government-run employment agencies and public training programs argue that the private market is better at matching workers and jobs than the government is.

Within the U.S. population, blacks of prime working age (ages 25-54) have higher rates of unemployment than whites of prime working age (ages 25-54), regardless of gender.

Table 28-3 ​ ​ $\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Civilian labor force } & 100 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Persons unemployed } 15 \text { weeks or longer } & 1.6 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Job losers and persons who have completed temporary jobs (excludes job leavers) } & 3.1 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Total unemployed } & 6.2 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Total unemployed plus discouraged workers } & 7.0 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Total unemployed plus all marginally attached workers } & 8.1 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Total unemployed plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part-time } & 9.2 \text { million } \\\text { for economic reasons } & \\\hline\end{array}$ -Refer to Table 28-3. What is the U-3 measure of labor underutilization?

Consider two people who are currently out of work. Tim is not looking for work because there have been many job cuts where he lives, and he doesn't think it likely that he will find work. Bev is not currently looking for work, but she would like a job, and she has looked for work in the past. The Bureau of Labor Statistics considers

Frictional unemployment is inevitable because the economy is always changing.

Suppose that some country had an adult population of about 59 million, a labor-force participation rate of 72.9 percent, and an unemployment rate of 2.3 percent. How many people were employed?

Most economists agree that eliminating unemployment insurance would increase the nation's overall level of well-being.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' U-5 measure of joblessness includes marginally attached workers.

Data on the unemployment rate in the U.S. since 1960 show that the economy always has some unemployment and that the amount changes from year to year.

Minimum-wage laws are one reason there is always some unemployment in the U.S. economy.

Measuring unemployment is the job of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Like any cartel, a union is a group of sellers acting together in the hope of exerting their joint market power.

The labor-force participation rate equals the percentage of the labor force that is employed.

One explanation for long-run unemployment is that it takes time for workers to search for the jobs that are best suited for them.