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Category: Labour Market
The amount of unemployment that the economy normally experiences is known as ?
A. The natural rate of unemployment
B. cyclical unemployment
C. efficiency wage unemployment
D. frictional unemployment
IF Unemployment insurance were so generous that it paid laid off workers 95 percent of their regular salary ?
A. Frictional Unemployment would fall
B. The official unemployment rate would probably understate true unemployment
C. The official unemployment rate would probably overstate true unemployment
D. There would be no impact on the official unemployment rate
E. None of these answers
TO reduce cyclical unemployment the government might ?
A. Increase the budget surplus
B. Increase the balance of payment deficit
C. Reduce interest rates
D. Reduce government expenditure
Some frictional Unemployment is inevitable because ?
A. of minimum wage laws
B. There are changes in the demand for labour among different firms.
C. Of unions
D. All of these answers
E. Efficiency wages may hold the wage
Less demand in the economy may increase unemployment; this may lead to less spending which may reduce demand further. This is called ?
A. The upward accelerator
B. The downward multiplier
C. The upward PPF
D. The downward mpc
If employees cannot accept a job because of the costs of moving this is known as ?
A. Occupational immobility
B. Cyclical unemployment
C. Structural immobility
D. Geographical immobility
Occupational immobility of labour occurs if ?
A. People lack information
B. People do not want to work
C. People do not have the right skills to work
D. People cannot afford to move location
Supply side policies are most appropriate to cure ?
A. Involuntary unemployment
B. Cyclical unemployment
C. Voluntary unemployment
D. A fall in aggregate demand
Which of the following is not a supply side measure ?
A. Increased training
B. Providing more information
C. Helping individuals to move location to find work
D. Increasing spending on existing industries
The Marginal Revenue Product is likely to be wage inelastic if ?
A. Labour costs are a high percentage of total costs
B. Demand for the final product is price inelastic
C. It is relatively easy to substitute capital for labour
D. There are many substitutes for the final product
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