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unemployed   those who have actively searched for work in the last four weeks but are not currently employed  
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employed   those who have worked at least one hour in the previous two weeks  
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labor force   people who meet neither criterion are not considered in the labor force  
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unemployment rate   percentage of the labor force that is not currently employed  
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labor force participation rate   percentage of the working age population classified as either employed or unemployed  
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employment-to-population ratio   percentage of the working age population that is classified as employed  
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marginally attached workers   those who are not considered in the official unemployment rate  
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frictional unemployment   occurs when people voluntarily enter the labor force or when they are between jobs fr which they are qualified  
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structural unemployment   occurs when job seekers' skill sets are not in damand because of geography or obsolescence  
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efficiency wages   those that exceed the equilibrium market wage  
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cyclical unemplyment   occurs because of the contractions in the business cycle  
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full employment   occurs when cyclical unemployment is not present in the economy  
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natural rate of unemplyment   the level of unemployment that economy maintains independent of the inflation rate.  
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discouraged workers   those who are ready and available to work who have conducted a job search within the past twelve months.  
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U3   official unemployment rate  
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U1   only includes people employed fifteen weeks or longer  
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U2   only includes people who have lost a job as opposed to those who have entered or re-entered the labor force  
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U4   adds discouraged workers to the official unemployment rate  
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U5   includes all marginally attached workers  
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u6   includes all of the above plus those who are employed part-time because of economic reasons  
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creative destruction   causes the structural unemployment  
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