Long-Term Unemployment Rates Are Higher in Most Western European Countries

question 32

Multiple Choice

Long-term unemployment rates are higher in most Western European countries than in the United States because

• A) unemployment rates are calculated differently in Western Europe.
• B) nonmarket forces keep wages in Western Europe above the equilibrium level.
• C) technological change has accelerated more quickly in Western Europe.
• D) most Western European governments hire workers to perform jobs that are not in demand.

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