Question

U-1 is a more____

measure of unemployment rate than the conventional U-3 measure and U-1 counts as unemployed workers who___

A. broad, are marginally attached to the labor force.
B. narrow, have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more weeks
C. broad; who are discouraged workers
D. narrow, have been laid off
E. broad; have been laid off

Answer 1

B. narrow, have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more weeks.

Step-by-step explanation:

Unemployment rate refers to the percentage of the total labor force in an economy, who are unemployed but seeking to be gainfully employed. The unemployment rate is divided into various types, these include;

I. Natural Rate of Unemployment (NU).

II. Frictional unemployment rate (FU).

III. Structural unemployment rate (SU).

IV. Actual unemployment rate (AU).

V. Cyclical unemployment rate (CU).

There are different measures used in the measurement of the unemployment rate in a country's economy and these includes;

I. U-1: this is the percentage of people that are unemployed for at least 15 weeks or more.

II. U-2: this is the percentage of the people who have lost their job or the people that finished a temporary job.

U-1 is a more narrow measure of unemployment rate than the conventional U-3 measure and U-1 counts as unemployed workers who have been unemployed for 15 weeks or more weeks.