Using the following data calculate:(iv) The Labour Force Participation rate.(v) The “official” unemployment ratecurrently working23,000 volunteer workers9845(ages 13-14) looking for work12,000 (ages 15)looking for work45,600 Part-time workers56 family workers who worked 15 hrs a week234 self-employed6543 discouraged workers67,432(ages 23-25)looking for work67,890 laid off receptionists looking for work544,321(ages 16-20) looking for work)current population is 6,000,0005654 Temp workers5000 armed forces543 recent university graduates that are going back to graduate school3500 institutionalizedc) Suppose that 20,000 of the employed switch to jobs in the underground economy. When interviewed by STATIN, 50% of these switchers report that they are not working and not seeking work, while the other 50% report that they are not working but seeking work. Explain what happens to the official unemployment rate and the “true” unemployment rate. (d) explain the impact of an increase in the income tax rate from 25 percent to 35 percent on the demand for labor, supply of labor, equilibrium wage, and level of employment.

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Using the following data calculate:

(iv) The Labour Force Participation rate.
(v) The “official” unemployment rate

currently working	23,000 volunteer workers
9845(ages 13-14) looking for work	12,000 (ages 15)looking for work
45,600 Part-time workers	56 family workers who worked 15 hrs a week
234 self-employed	6543 discouraged workers
67,432(ages 23-25)looking for work	67,890 laid off receptionists looking for work
544,321(ages 16-20) looking for work)	current population is 6,000,000
5654 Temp workers	5000 armed forces
543 recent university graduates that are going back to graduate school	3500 institutionalized

c) Suppose that 20,000 of the employed switch to jobs in the underground economy. When interviewed by STATIN, 50% of these switchers report that they are not working and not seeking work, while the other 50% report that they are not working but seeking work. Explain what happens to the official unemployment rate and the “true” unemployment rate.

(d) explain the impact of an increase in the income tax rate from 25 percent to 35 percent on the demand for labor, supply of labor, equilibrium wage, and level of employment.

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