Under What Circumstances Might the Unemployment Rate Overestimate the True

question 82

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances might the unemployment rate overestimate the true extent of unemployment?

• A)if many part-time employees would like to work full-time, but are unable to get the additional work
• B)if people become discouraged and stop looking for work
• C)if people falsely claim that they are actively seeking work in order to receive unemployment benefits
• D)if employees increases the number of hours that they work overtime

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Definitions:

Surface Structure

The way in which words are arranged in sentences, which can vary without changing the underlying meaning (deep structure).

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