macro drills10 questions
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