Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Using the following data calculate:
(i) The number of persons employed.
(ii) The number of persons unemployed.
(iii) The labour force.
(iv) The Labour Force Participation rate.
(v) The “official”
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987,156 Currently Working
9845 (ages 13-14) looking for work
23,000 volunteer workers
12,000 (ages 15) looking for work
45,600 Part-Time workers
56 family workers who worked. 15 hrs a week
6543 Discouraged Workers
67,890 laid off receptionists looking for work
234 Self-Employed
67,432 (ages 23-25) looking for work
544,321 (ages 16-20) looking for work
Current population is 6,000,000
5654 Temp Workers
543 recent university graduates that are going back to graduate school
5000 armed forces
3500 institutionalized
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