The Increase in the Average Unemployment Rate in the 1970s

question 117

Multiple Choice

The increase in the average unemployment rate in the 1970s was the result of

• A)the reduction of overly generous unemployment benefits in the 1970s.
• B)repeated increases in the minimum wage.
• C)an increase in the birth rate in the early 1970s.
• D)higher real wage rates.
• E)an increase in the birth rate in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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