Author Question: The official unemployment rate may understate the true rate of unemployment because of A) ... (Read 38 times)

iveyjurea · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

The official unemployment rate may understate the true rate of unemployment because of

A) discouraged workers who no longer are actively seeking work and are excluded from the statistics.
B) increases in worker productivity.
C) workers who hold two jobs.
D) changes in wage rates.

Question 2

Official unemployment rates may underestimate the true rate of unemployment because the official rate

A) fails to include discouraged workers.
B) does not include individuals receiving any type of unemployment compensation.
C) may include some individuals who are not actually in the labor force.
D) includes those workers who only work part time.