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Unemployment - Ch.14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Unemployed | The condition of not having a job but being a member of the labor force |
| Employed | The condition of having a job |
| Labor Force | The number of employed plus unemployed age sixteen and over |
| Unemployment Rate | Equal to the number of unemployed persons divided by the number of people in the labor force |
| Labor Force Participation Rate | Labor force divided by the working age population |
| Employment-to-Population Ratio | The number of employed people divided by the working age population |
| Marginally Attached Workers | |
| Discouraged Workers | People who have given up the job search and are not officially classified as unemployed |
| Frictional Unemployment | Voluntary unemployment that occurs when a person enters the labor force and looks for a job |
| Structural Unemployment | Unemployment that is caused by the permanent destruction of jobs in a dying industry, a mismatch between necessary skills and seekers' skill set, and government programs |
| Creative Destruction | Refers to the ongoing process of technological innovation and industrial decline |
| U1 | Unemployment rate that only includes people unemployed fifteen weeks or longer |
| U2 | Employment rate that only includes people who have lost a job as opposed to those who have quit or those who have entered or reentered the labor force |
| U3 | The official unemployment rate |
| U5 | The unemployment rate that includes all marginally attached workers |
| U6 | The most all-inclusive measure of unemployment. Includes U1-U5 and those who are employed part time |
| Cyclical Unemployment | Unemployment associated with downturns in the business cycle |
| Full Employment | The level of employment that exists when the economy is being productively efficient |
| Natural Rate of Unemployment | The rate of unemployment that exists when there is no cyclical unemployment present in the economy |
| Efficiency Wages | A wage that exceeds the market wage. |
| U4 | Unemployment rate that adds discouraged workers to the official unemployment rate |