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Unemployment Analysis Drill 2

This ORIGINAL Econixa set analyzes the costs of unemployment and how it interacts with inflation and growth.

Q1.

Which type of unemployment would be MOST affected by a government retraining program?

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q2.

The short-run Phillips curve illustrates:

Multiple choice · Advanced

Q3.

Stagflation — rising inflation with rising unemployment — is best explained by:

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q4.

Full employment in macroeconomics means:

Multiple choice · Foundations

Q5.

If actual unemployment is 7% and the natural rate is 5%, cyclical unemployment is:

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q6.

Hysteresis in labor markets refers to the idea that:

Multiple choice · Advanced

Q7.

A major cost of high unemployment to the economy is:

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q8.

Seasonal unemployment, such as lifeguards laid off in winter, is usually classified as:

Multiple choice · Foundations

Q9.

Efficiency wage theory suggests some unemployment persists because firms:

Multiple choice · Advanced

Q10.

If 5 million discouraged workers re-entered the labor force still jobless, the unemployment rate would:

Multiple choice · Intermediate