Refer to the Following Figure When Answering
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question 97

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure when answering
Figure 15.2: The Labor Market
-In the labor market displayed in Figure 15.2, the distance between points $a$ and $b$
Is called ________ and is due to ________.

• A) involuntary unemployment; sticky nominal wages
• B) unemployment; sticky real wages
• C) the "reserve army"; institutional frictions
• D) the excess demand for labor; rising TFP
• E) government employment; a fiscal expansion

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