Category: Employment, Migration, And Urbanization

A. The unemployment rate for youths is twice that of people over 24
B. Unemployment in rural areas is twice that of urban areas
C. World-wide there are fewer unemployed females than males, but the rate is higher for women
D. The unemployed are relatively well educated

A. plant and equipment
B. buildings
C. inventories
D. consumers goods

A. is insufficient for solving the urban unemployment problem
B. will generate capital-intensive technologies
C. will generate more government revenue through urban wages
D. induces government to increase minimum wages

A. technique to manage raw materials efficiently
B. residual of a production function
C. resource coordinating other productive resources
D. blueprint on how to manage the labor force

A. when marginal revenue productivity of labor is zero
B. the same as seasonal unemployment of LDC agricultural
C. the rigid factor proportions in LDC agriculture and industry
D. due to capital formation and the level of technology remaining constant.

I- Encouraging small-scale industry
II- Decreasing subsidies to capital investors
III- Reducing social security programs and payroll taxation
IV- Setting market-clearing exchange rates

A. I and II only
B. II and III only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II, III and IV

A. national product
B. capital
C. natural resources
D. prevailing technology

A. are workers who are compelled to work short hours
B. result from an inadequate use of workers capacities
C. are part-time workers who voluntarily work short hours
D. None of the above is correct

A. Migration to the cities is a larger contributor than natural population growth to urban labor growth is sub Saharan Africa
B. In Latin America natural population increase is the major source of urban growth
C. From 1975 to 2000 the number of cities in LDC with populations over 1 million increased from 20 to 50
D. The urban share of total LDC population grew from 27 percent in 1975 and 35 percent in 1992 to 40 percent in 2003

I- represent a vast underutilization of human resources
II- are potential source of social unrest and political discontent
III- are uncomerated with poverty and inequality in LCDs
IV- are associated with middle age rural uneducated males

A. I and II only
B. III and IV only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II and IV only