One Reason Current European Unemployment Rates Are Significantly Above Those

question 1

Multiple Choice

One reason current European unemployment rates are significantly above those in the United States is that European

• A) labor laws seem designed mainly to protect the higher wages received by mostly male workers in the 25- to 54-year age bracket.
• B) countries typically have less generous social welfare benefits than those in the United States.
• C) inflation-adjusted labor costs have risen less rapidly than those in the United States over the last 30 years.
• D) workers are more productive than U.S. workers.
• E) countries import most of the goods they consume.

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