click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
MacrE Chap 8.1-8.3
terms
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Labor force | The sum of employed and unemployed workers in the economy. |
Unemployment rate | The percentage of the labor force that is unemployed. |
Discouraged Workers | People who are available for work but have not looked for a job during the previous 4 weeks because they believe no jobs are available for them. |
Calculation for Unemployment Rate | Unemploy. Rate = (No. of unemployed/Labor force) X 100 |
Labor Force Participation Rate | The % of the working-age population that is the labor force. |
Calculation for Labor Force Participation Rate | Labor Force Participation Rate = (Labor force/Working-age population) X 100 |
Frictional unemployment | Short-term unemployment that arises from the process of matching workers with jobs. |
Structural unemployment | Unemployment arising from a persistant mismatch between the skills and attributes of workers and the requirements of jobs. |
Cyclical unemployment | Unemployment caused by a business cycle recession. |
Natural rate of unemployment | The normal rate of unemployment, consisting of frictional unemployment + structural unemployment |
Efficiency Wage | A higher-than-market wage that a firm pays to increase worker productivity. |