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Unemployment/employment vocab

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show people sixteen or older who have searched for work in the last four weeks, but are not currently employed  
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show those who have worked at least one hour in the previous two weeks  
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labor force   show
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show a percentage of the labor force that is not currently employed  
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show the percentage of the working age population classified as either employed or unemployed  
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employment-to-population ratio   show
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show people ready and available to work, who have conducted a job search within the past twelve months  
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show people who have given up the job search in frustration  
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show used to measure those who fall between the cracks of the official rate  
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show only includes people unemployed fifteen weeks or longer  
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show only includes people who have lost a job as opposed to those who have quit or those who have entered or re-entered the labor force  
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U4   show
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U5   show
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show includes all of the above plus those who are employed part time because of economic reasons  
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show people voluntarily enter the labor force, or when they are between jobs for which they are qualified  
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show job seekers skill sets are not in demand because of geography or obsolescence  
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creative destruction   show
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efficiency wages   show
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cyclical unemploymemt   show
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show cyclical unemployment is not present in the economy  
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show lowest rate of unemployment that an economy can sustain over the long run  
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