Macroeconomics
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Chapter 5, Problem 28APA
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To determine
Determine the number of jobs.
(b)
To determine
Determine the impact on unemployment when the pace of job creation exceeds the increase in population.
(c)
To determine
Determine why the unemployment increases when the pace of job creation exceeds the increase in population.
(d)
To determine
Determine the labor force participation rate when the pace of job creation exceeds the increase in population.
(e)
To determine
Identify how the increase in real
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a. An auto company goes bankrupt and lays off its workers, who immediately start looking for new jobs
b. After an unsuccessful search, some of the laid-off workers quit looking for new jobs.
c. Numerous students graduate from college but cannot find work.
d. Numerous students graduate from college and immediately begin new jobs.
e. A stock market boom induces newly enriched 60-year-old workers to take early retirement.…
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