To the left of the number, label each as: Frictional Seasonal Cyclical Structural 1. A nurse was not satisfied with her job in a hospital so she left the job to find a new job in a health clinic. 2. A factory lays workers off from producing record players due to demand changes for digital music downloads. 3. Every winter, brick layers in the north have no work. 4. Since graduating from law school, a woman waits to interview with several firms before selecting a new job. 5. An apple picker only finds work during the harvest season. 6. The discovery of crude oil puts whalers in the Northeast out of work. 7. Reductions in tax revenues during a recession causes layoffs of teachers. 8. In the US, auto jobs now done by robots to lower company costs. 9. A worker quits a job to stay and help an ailing parent. 10. People who drop out of school or fail to acquire the minimum skills needed for the current job market.

To the left of the number, label each as: Frictional Seasonal Cyclical Structural 1. A nurse was not satisfied with her job in a hospital so she left the job to find a new job in a health clinic. 2. A factory lays workers off from producing record players due to demand changes for digital music downloads. 3. Every winter, brick layers in the north have no work. 4. Since graduating from law school, a woman waits to interview with several firms before selecting a new job. 5. An apple picker only finds work during the harvest season. 6. The discovery of crude oil puts whalers in the Northeast out of work. 7. Reductions in tax revenues during a recession causes layoffs of teachers. 8. In the US, auto jobs now done by robots to lower company costs. 9. A worker quits a job to stay and help an ailing parent. 10. People who drop out of school or fail to acquire the minimum skills needed for the current job market.

Principles of Economics 2e

2nd Edition

ISBN:9781947172364

Author:Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro

Publisher:Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro

Chapter21: Unemployment

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 45P: A country with a population of eight million adults has five million employed, 500,000 unemployed,...

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