PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS(LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9781260110920
Author: Frank
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 5, Problem 10P
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The following is a report from a BLS survey taker:
“There were 90 people in the houses I visited. 20 of them were children under the age of 16, 25 people had full-time jobs, and 10 had part-time jobs. There were 10 retirees, 5 full-time homemakers, 9 full-time students over age 16, and 3 people who were disabled and cannot work. The remaining people did not have jobs, but all said they would like one. Five of these people had not looked actively for work for three months, however.”
Find the labor force, the working-age population, the number of employed workers, and the number of unemployed workers.Instructions: Enter your responses as whole numbers.Labor force: peopleWorking-age population: peopleNumber of employed workers: peopleNumber of unemployed workers: people
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