Chris Is Looking for Work After School, but Everywhere He

question 155

Multiple Choice

Chris is looking for work after school, but everywhere he fills out an application he is told that so have lots of others. Marco has an accounting degree. Several firms have made him offers, but he thinks he might be able to find a firm where his talents could be put to better use. Which category of unemployment do Chris and Marco belong to?

• A) Chris and Marco are both frictionally unemployed.
• B) Chris and Marco are both structurally unemployed.
• C) Chris is frictionally unemployed, and Marco is structurally unemployed.
• D) Chris is structurally unemployed, and Marco is frictionally unemployed.

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