Lesson 2.3 by Gianna Uber https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2018-10-12 16:20:51 UTC 2025-10-07 17:58:10 UTC hello@padlet.com What agency measures the unemployment rate? 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292249141 BLS]]> 2018-10-12 16:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292249141 Who gets classified as employed? 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292249565 Anybody over 16, not in jail and not armed forces. ]]> 2018-10-12 16:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292249565 Who's gets classified as being in the labor force? 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292249980 Anybody who is actively looking for employment or employed. ]]> 2018-10-12 16:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292249980 How is the unemployment rate calculated 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292250368 It compares the people employed to the people get unemployed.]]> 2018-10-12 16:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292250368 How can the unemployment rate increase at the same time that employment is increasing? 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292250517 When more people are entering the market than the jobs that are available. ]]> 2018-10-12 16:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292250517 Which kind of unemployment do you think would be easiest to tolerate? Why? 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292251326 Frictional because you are in between jobs while looking for a new job]]> 2018-10-12 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292251326 Which do you think would be the most destructive to the unemployed person or his or her family? Why? 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292251791 Cyclical is the worst type of unemployment because this occurs during recessions.]]> 2018-10-12 16:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292251791 1. Tommy, an electrician's apprentice who installs electric wiring in New York City skyscrapers, is often unemployed during January and February 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292253133 This type of unemployment would be seasonal because he is unemployed during the winter months. ]]> 2018-10-12 16:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292253133 2. Mrs. Coughlin has just sent her youngest child off to school. She hopes to to secretarial work which she has done previously. 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292261704 This type of unemployment would be Frictional because she choose to stop work to raise a child and now returns to her previous job. ]]> 2018-10-12 16:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292261704 3. During a downswing in the business cycle, Pat, a worker at a refrigerator plant, loses her job. 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292263322 This type of unemployment would be Cyclical because the business is in a recession ]]> 2018-10-12 16:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292263322 4. Karen worked as a proofreader at a magazine's main office. Her editor now does Karen's work on the computer. 863871 https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292264272 This type of unemployment would be Structural because her skills are no longer needed. ]]> 2018-10-12 16:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/863871/toxlnzj8t8vv/wish/292264272