When an Economics Professor Quits His/her Job at a University

question 208

Multiple Choice

When an economics professor quits his/her job at a university and starts looking for a better job in another university, he/she is

• A) frictionally unemployed.
• B) structurally unemployed.
• C) cyclically unemployed.
• D) naturally unemployed.

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