The Percentage of Workers Who Work Part Time for Noneconomic

question 156

Multiple Choice

The percentage of workers who work part time for noneconomic reasons

• A) decreases during a recession as the number of discouraged workers increases.
• B) does not fluctuate much at all with the business cycle.
• C) fluctuates strongly with the business cycle.
• D) has decreased from 30 percent of the labor force in 1977 to 20 percent in 2007.
• E) has trended upward since 1977.

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