High Unemployment Rates Persisted for Several Years After the Official

question 30

Multiple Choice

High unemployment rates persisted for several years after the official end of the Great Recession.The long duration of unemployment for many workers can be viewed as being consistent with an increase in ________ unemployment,and therefore an increase in the natural rate of unemployment.

• A) frictional
• B) cyclical
• C) structural
• D) seasonal

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Imprisonment

The act of confining someone in a prison or similar facility as punishment for a crime or legal offense.

Petty Offenses

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White-Collar Crimes

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