The Percentage of Workers Who Work Part Time for Noneconomic

question 284

Multiple Choice

The percentage of workers who work part time for noneconomic reasons

• A)decreases during a recession as the number of discouraged workers increases.
• B)does not fluctuate much at all with the business cycle.
• C)fluctuates strongly with the business cycle.
• D)has decreased from 30 percent of the labor force in 1980 to 20 percent in 2011.
• E)has trended upward since 1980.

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