Question 1 – Below are some hypothetical statistics for a country in September 2020. Compute the unemployment rate for that month (all figures are in thousands). Population 332,454 Working age population 260,776 Participation Rate 71.4% Employed 173,905 Question Your Answers & Calculations What is the size of the labour force in this economy? What is the unemployment rate in this economy? What is the employment rate in this economy?
Question 1 – Below are some hypothetical statistics for a country in September 2020. Compute the
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Population 332,454 |
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Working age population 260,776 |
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Participation Rate 71.4% |
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Employed 173,905 |
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What is the size of the labour force in this economy? |
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What is the unemployment rate in this economy? |
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What is the employment rate in this economy?
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Suppose that 2500 of the unemployed people stop searching for work. What is the unemployment rate now? |
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Suppose that 8,000 people migrate to Canada and start to look for work as soon as they land in the country. What happens to the unemployment rate in that case? (Assume there are no discouraged worker from the above question) |
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