Unemployment Correlated with the Ups and Downs of the Business

question 21

Multiple Choice

Unemployment correlated with the ups and downs of the business cycle is called:

• A) cyclical unemployment.
• B) frictional unemployment.
• C) structural unemployment.
• D) temporary unemployment.

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Definitions:

Labor Demand Curve

Graphical representation showing the relationship between the quantity of labor a firm demands and the wage rate, with other factors being constant.

Unit-elastic

Unit-elastic describes a situation where a change in price leads to an equivalent proportional change in quantity demanded or supplied, resulting in no revenue change for the seller.

Wage Increase

An upward adjustment in the amount of earnings a worker receives for their labor.

Elasticity of Resource Demand

A measure of how the quantity demanded of a resource changes in response to a change in price.