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Employment and Unemployment Terms Matching

Match the terms and definitions.

Definitions:

  1. Full employment in the United State, which is considered to be 4-5% unemployment.
  2. Unemployment that is tied to changes in the business cycle.
  3. Unemployment caused by workers who are searching for a job after leaving another.
  4. Unemployment caused by a worker's skills no longer being needed. Includes persons who lose their jobs due to outsourcing tasks abroad.
  5. A form of structural unemployment in which a worker's job is tied to changes in seasons.
  6. People who are working or are out of a job, but who are actively looking for work.
  7. A person who works between 1-34 hours a week is regarded as being employed and in the Labor Force.
  8. Persons who are no longer seeking work. They are no longer in the labor force and are not considered unemployed.
  9. The total number of unemployed in the labor force.
  10. The U.S. agency responsible for calculating the unemployment rate.

Terms:

  • Cyclical Unemployment
  • Natural Rate of Unemployment
  • Seasonal Unemployment
  • Structural Unemployment
  • Labor Force
  • Frictional Unemployment
  • Discouraged Worker
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
  • Unemployment Rate
  • Part-time Worker

Answers:

  1. Full employment in the United State, which is considered to be 4-5% unemployment.

    Answer: Natural Rate of Unemployment

  2. Unemployment that is tied to changes in the business cycle.

    Answer: Cyclical Unemployment

  3. Unemployment caused by workers who are searching for a job after leaving another.

    Answer: Frictional Unemployment

  4. Unemployment caused by a worker's skills no longer being needed. Includes persons who lose their jobs due to outsourcing tasks abroad.

    Answer: Structural Unemployment

  5. A form of structural unemployment in which a worker's job is tied to changes in seasons.

    Answer: Seasonal Unemployment

  6. People who are working or are out of a job, but who are actively looking for work.

    Answer: Labor Force

  7. A person who works between 1-34 hours a week is regarded as being employed and in the Labor Force.

    Answer: Part-time Worker

  8. Persons who are no longer seeking work. They are no longer in the labor force and are not considered unemployed.

    Answer: Discouraged Worker

  9. The total number of unemployed in the labor force.

    Answer: Unemployment Rate

  10. The U.S. agency responsible for calculating the unemployment rate.

    Answer: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

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