Krugman AP Macroeconomics Chapter 12
Subject:
Economics [1]
Tags:
Labor economics [2]
unemployment [3]
economics [4]
Employment [5]
Socioeconomics [6]
Underemployment [10]
macroeconomics [11]
Labor force [12]
Labour economics [13]
Labor [14]
Social Issues [15]
Business [16]
behavior [17]
Human development [18]
Computing [19]
Electronic documents [21]
Psychoanalysis [23]
Human behavior [24]
Attachment theory [26]
Technology [27]
Chapter 12: The Meaning and Calculation of Unemployment ? -How unemployment is measured -How the unemployment rate is calculated -The significance of the unemployment rate for the economy -The relationship between the unemployment rate and economic growth ? Employed: people who currently hold a job in the economy, either full time or part time/ only if you have a job Unemployed: people who are actively looking for work but aren?t currently employed Limitations: Retired people Disabled Hasn?t actively searched for a Job in the last 4 weeks Discouraged workers Marginally attached workers Underemployed U.S. Census Bureau monthly survey called the Current Population Survey: interviewing a random sample of 60,000 American families