Which of the Following Characterizes Developments in International Differences in Unemployment

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following characterizes developments in international differences in unemployment since the mid-1990s (in the industrialized world) ?

• A) Persistently high rates in Japan
• B) Persistently high rates in all of Europe, and the opposite in North America and Australia
• C) Relatively high rates in most English-speaking countries, and relatively low rates in much of continental Europe
• D) Relatively low rates in most English-speaking countries, and relatively high rates in much of continental Europe
• E) Unusually high rates of unemployment in Canada after the early 1980s

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