Problems with Interpreting the Unemployment Rate as a Measure of Labour

question 34

Multiple Choice

Problems with interpreting the unemployment rate as a measure of labour market tightness include

• A) biases in the CPI and dissatisfied workers.
• B) dissatisfied workers and discouraged workers.
• C) discouraged workers and variations in how intensively the unemployed search for work.
• D) variations in how intensively the unemployed search for work and biases in the CPI.
• E) the rental vacancy rate.

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