Asking Whether People Are Unemployed for Short Spells or Whether

question 97

Multiple Choice

Asking whether people are unemployed for short spells or whether the duration of joblessness is long term is

• A) a question answered by the official unemployment rate.
• B) not an important question to answer in understanding the overall health of the labor market.
• C) a question that is impossible to answer.
• D) not a question on which the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects data.
• E) a question that can be answered because the Bureau of Labor Statistics keeps an alternative measure of unemployment that tracks the length of time workers have been unemployed.

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