Data for an economy show that the unemployment rate is 6 percent, the participation rate 60 percent, and 200 million people 16 years or older are not in the labor force. How many people are employed in this economy?
a. 30 million
b. 188 million
c. 282 million
d. 300 million
High Tech, Inc. produces plastic chairs that sell for $10 each. The following table provides information about how many plastic chairs can be produced per hour.
How many workers will be hired if the hourly wage for workers is $30?
Select one:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
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Explan. 1.8 Suppose the number of employed people in an economy is 312,545,372. The unemployment rate in this economy is 7.4 percent, or 074, and the labor force participation rate is 80 percent, or 80. a. What is the size of the labor force? b. How many people are unemployed? c. What is the size of the working-age population? On og notion in Eurone nay higher unemployment
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need some help completing this exercise on unemployment and
inflation and labor force participation
In an economy, the working-age population is 400 million. Of this total, 320.0 million workers are employed. 12.0 million workers are unemployed 56.0 million workers are not available for work (homemakers, full-time students, etc.) 8.0 million workers are available for work but are discouraged and thus are not seeking work 4.0 million workers are available for work but are not currently seeking work due to...
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