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definitions

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show persons sixteen years of age or older that don't have a job  
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employed   show
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labor force   show
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show a percentage of the labor force that is not currently employed  
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show the percentage of the working age population classified as either employed or unemployed  
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show the percentage of the working age population that is classified as employed  
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marginally attached workers   show
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"discouraged workers"   show
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show occurs when people voluntarily enter the labor force  
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show as innovation occurs, old technologies and industries are desroyed  
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structural unemployment   show
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show wages that exceed the equilibrium market wage  
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cyclical unemployment   show
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show it occurs when cyclical unemployment is not present in the economy  
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show it's associated with full time employment  
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show The official unemployment rate  
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show it only includes people unemployed fifteen weeks or longer  
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U2   show
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show it adds discouraged workers to the official unemployment rate  
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show it includes all marginally attached workers  
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show it is the most all-inclusive measure of unemployment and includes all of those who are employed part-time because of economic reasons  
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