Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)
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Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
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Chapter 28, Problem 1QCMC
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Number of unemployed .
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The population of Ectenia is 100 people:40 work full-time, 20 work half time but would prefer to work full-time, 10 are looking for a job, 10 would like to work out are so discouraged they have given up looking, 10 are not interested in working because they are full-time students, and 10 and retired. What is the number of unemployed?
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A country has a population of 160 million. Out of this population, the number of retired people is 23 million, the number of people below working age (under 16 years) is 39 million, and the number of people under different types of institutional care is 1.5 million. In this country, the number of the employed amount to 75 million people and the unemployed amount to 4 million people. Calculate the following and show your work
Working-age population
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Employment rate
of the people described below, who would be counted as unemployed?
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OB. a 17-year-old single parent who has just been laid off and is looking for a new job
OC. a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army
DD. a full-time college student who plans to look for a job after graduation
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DG. a student who quit college to look for a modeling job in New York
Chapter 28 Solutions
Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)
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