Question

An example of structural unemployment is a(n):_______.

A) autoworker who is temporarily laid off because of a decline in sales.
B) geologist who is permanently laid off because of an increase in wages won by labor unions.
C) worker at a fast-food restaurant who quits work and attends college.
D) real estate agent who leaves a job in Texas and searches for a similar, higher-paying job in California.

Answer 1

b

Step-by-step explanation:

structural unemployment is an unemployment that occurs as a result of changes in the economy. These changes can be as a result of changes in technology, polices or competition . Structural unemployment tends to be permanent.

The geologist lost his hob permanently due to increase in wages (polices)

Other forms of unemployment includes :

Frictional unemployment . the period of time a person is unemployed from the period he leaves his current job and the time he gets another job. Eg. when a real estate agent who leaves a job in Texas and searches for a similar, higher-paying job in California.

Voluntary unemployment : e.g. worker at a fast-food restaurant who quits work and attends college.

Cyclical unemployment ; UNEMPLOYMENT that occurs as a result of fluctuations in the economy