Based on what we know about the unemployment rates of adult males and females over the last five decades, which of the following is true?
A. the female unemployment rate was consistently higher than the male rate
B. the male unemployment rate was consistently higher than the female rate
C. after 1980, males experienced much more drastic changes in unemployment than females
D. the unemployment rate for males never exceeded 10 percent
E. none of the above
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An employed person is defined as a person who during a reference week
A. had a job but was not working due to family or personal reasons
B. had a job but was not working due to maternity or paternity leave
C. did at least one hour of work as a paid employee
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
Which of the following people is in the unemployment pool?
A. Chris, who quit her job to look for other employment
B. Jack, who has been temporarily laid off by his employer, but who expects to be called back after one or two months
C. Lesley, who lost her job because her firm had to shut down
D. all of the above
E. only A) and C)
Which of the following people has moved out of the pool of unemployment?
A. Peter, who just got hired as a part-time security guard
B. Paul, who was laid off two months ago but just got a recall notice to resume his job at the assembly line starting the week after next
C. Mary, who has given up looking for a job, leaving the work force permanently
D. all of the above
E. both Peter and Mary
The spell of unemployment is
A. defined as the period during which a person remains continuously unemployed
B. defined as the average length of time a person remains unemployed
C. defined as the time it takes for the economy to reduce unemployment to its natural rate
D. the same as the average duration of unemployment
E. the average number of times a worker is laid off within a year
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