The Presence of Discouraged Workers Learning Objective: 29-02 Illustrate How

question 224

Multiple Choice

The presence of discouraged workers Learning Objective: 29-02 Illustrate how unemployment is measured and explain the different types of unemployment.Test Bank: I Topic: Unemployment

• A)increases the size of the labor force but does not affect the unemployment rate.
• B)reduces the size of the labor force but does not affect the unemployment rate.
• C)may cause the official unemployment rate to understate the true amount of unemployment.
• D)may cause the official unemployment rate to overstate the true amount of unemployment.

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