07宏观经济学(曼昆-第6版-配套习题.doc

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Chapter07/UnemploymentandItsNaturalRateF431

Chapter7

UnemploymentandItsNaturalRate

1. Thenaturalrateofunemploymentisthe

a. unemploymentratethatwouldprevailwithzeroinflation.

b. rateassociatedwiththehighestpossiblelevelofGDP.

c. differencebetweenthelong-runandshort-rununemploymentrates.

d. amountofunemploymentthattheeconomynormallyexperiences.

ANSWER:

d. amountofunemploymentthattheeconomynormallyexperiences.

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2. Cyclicalunemploymentrefersto

a. therelationbetweentheprobabilityofunemploymentandaworker’schanginglevelofexperience.

b. howoftenaworkerislikelytobeemployedduringherlifetime

c. year-to-yearfluctuationsofunemploymentarounditsnaturalrate.

d. long-termtrendsinunemployment.

ANSWER:

c. year-to-yearfluctuationsofunemploymentarounditsnaturalrate.

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3. Cyclicalunemploymentiscloselyassociatedwith

a. long-termeconomicgrowth.

b. short-runupsanddownsoftheeconomy.

c. fluctuationsinthenaturalrateofunemployment.

d. seasonalfluctuationsinspending.

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b. short-runupsanddownsoftheeconomy.

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4. Thenaturalrateofunemployment

a. isaconstant.

b. isthedesirablerateofunemployment.

c. cannotbealteredbyeconomicpolicy.

d. Noneoftheabovearecorrect.

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d. Noneoftheabovearecorrect.

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5. Whichofthefollowingiscorrect?

a. Somedegreeofunemploymentisinevitable.

b. OtherthingsthesameanincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhoareunemployeddecreasesrealGDP.

c. Cyclicalunemploymentisinverselyrelatedtoshort-runeconomicfluctuations.

d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.

ANSWER:

d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.

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6. Dataonunemploymentisreported

a. weekly.

b. monthly.

c. quarterly.

d. yearly.

ANSWER:

b. monthly.

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7. TheBLSproducesdataon

a. unemployment.

b. typesofemployment.

c. lengthoftheaverageworkweek.

d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.

ANSWER:

d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.

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8. Whichofthefollowingisincorrect?

a. Theunemploymentrateiscomputedusingthenumberofunemploymentinsuranceclaimsfiled.

b. Eachadultincludedintheunemploymentstatisticsisclassifiedasemployed,unemployed,ornotinthelaborforce.

c. Unemploymentnumbersincludepeopleagedsixteenandolder.

d. TheBureauofLaborStatisticsgathersdataonunemploymentandemployment.

ANSWER:

a. Theunemploymentrateiscomputedusingthenumberofunemploymentinsuranceclaimsfiled.

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9. Unemploymentdataiscollected

a. fromunemploymentinsuranceclaims.

b. througharegularsurveyofabout60,000households.

c. througharegularsurveyofabout200,000firms.

d. Unemploymentdataiscollectedusingalloftheabove.

ANSWER:

b. througharegularsurveyofabout60,000households.

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10. WhichlistincludesallthecategoriesintowhichtheBLSdividestheadultpopulation?

a. employedorunemployed

b. discouragedworkers,employed,orunemployed

c. employed,unemployed,ornotinthelaborforce

d. discouragedworkers,employed,ornotinthelaborforce

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c. employed,unemployed,ornotinthelaborforce

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11. Thelaborforceequalsthe

a. numberofpeoplewhoareemployed.

b. numberofpeoplewhoareunemployed.

c. numberofpeopleemployedplusthenumberofpeopleunemployed.

d. adultpopulation.

ANSWER:

c. numberofpeopleemployedplusthenumberofpeopleunemployed.

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12. Whoofthefollowingwouldbecountedasunemployedaccordingtoofficialstatistics?

a. Shasta,whoiswaitingforhernewjobtostart

b. Mary,whoworkedonly35hourslastweek

c. Karen,whoneitherhasajobnorislookingforone

d. Noneoftheabovewouldbecountedasunemployed.

ANSWER:

a. Shasta,whoiswaitingforhernewjobtostart

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13. Whichofthefollowingwouldbecountedasunemployedaccordingtoofficialstatistics?

a. Brian,afull-timestudentwhoisnotlookingforwork

b. Kate,whoisontemporarylayoff

c. Heath,whohasretiredandisnotlookingforwork

d. Alloftheabovewouldbecountedasunemployed.

ANSWER:

b. Kate,whoisontemporarylayoff

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14. Whowouldnotbeincludedinthelaborforce?

a. Jay,whoisontemporarylayoff

b. Mike,whohasretiredandisnotlookingforwork

c. Jane,whodoesnothaveajob,buthasappliedforseveralinthelastweek

d. Noneoftheaboveareincludedinthelaborforce.

ANSWER:

b. Mike,whohasretiredandisnotlookingfo