Which of the Following Is an Example of Cyclical Unemployment

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of cyclical unemployment?

• A)Dora lost her job when the textile factory closed. She does not have skills to work in another industry and has been unemployed for over a year.
• B)Marsha was laid off from her job with the airline because the recession reduced demand for airline travel. She expects to get her job back when the economy picks up.
• C)George is an unskilled worker who mows lawns in the summer, but is unemployed the rest of the year.
• D)Jim had a job as an engineer, but quit when his wife was transferred to another state. He looked for a month before finding a new job that he liked.

Recognize the importance of patents, trademarks, and trade secrets in increasing the expected rate of return on R&D.

Identify the impacts of imitation and innovation diffusion on R&D investments and returns.

Understand how new scientific knowledge contributes to technological advances and its sources.

Grasp the concepts of product and process innovation and their implications for firms and consumers.

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