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Economics Words

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unemployed   show
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show The condition of having a job.  
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show The number of employed plus unemployed people age 16 and over.  
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show The unemployment rate is equal to the number of unemployed persons divided by the number of people in the labor force.  
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show The number of employed people divided by the working age population.  
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marginally attached workers   show
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show People who, for whatever reason, have given up the job search and are not officially classified as unemployed. The presence of discouraged workers in the economy means that the official unemployment rate understates actual unemployment.  
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U1   show
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show The unemployment 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, as published.  
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U3   show
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show The unemployment rate that adds discouraged workers to the official unemployment rate, as published in BLS.  
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U5   show
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U6   show
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show Voluntary unemployment that occurs when a person enters the labor force and looks for a job.  
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structural unemployment   show
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creative destructure   show
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show Unemployment associated with downturns in the business cycle.  
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show The level of employment that exists when the economy is being productively efficient.  
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natural rate of unemployment   show
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labor force participation rate   show
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efficiency wages   show
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