Question :
11) The unemployment rates during the last 10 years in : 1228243
11) The unemployment rates during the last 10 years in the Eurozone was
A) constantly lower than the unemployment rate in the United States and not rising toward the U.S. unemployment rate.
B) constantly lower than the unemployment rate in the United States but were rising toward the U.S. unemployment rate.
C) more or less constant at 3 percent.
D) generally higher than the U.S. unemployment rate.
E) approximately equal to those in the United States, with some years the U.S. unemployment rate being slightly higher and in other years the U.S. unemployment rate being slightly lower.
12) Over the past two decades, the unemployment rates in
A) the Eurozone have been generally less than U.S. unemployment rates.
B) the Eurozone have been generally greater than U.S. unemployment rates.
C) the United Kingdom have almost always been much greater than the U.S. unemployment rates.
D) Canada are less than the U.S. unemployment rates.
E) Japan are much larger than those in the United States.
13) Across developed and newly industrialized economies, since 1989 the United States has generally had
A) a higher unemployment rate than Japan and Hong Kong and a lower unemployment rate than the Eurozone countries.
B) a lower unemployment rate than Japan and Hong Kong.
C) a higher unemployment rate than the Eurozone countries.
D) the same unemployment rate as Canada.
E) a lower unemployment rate than Hong Kong and a higher unemployment rate than Japan and the Eurozone countries.
14) Countries with higher than average unemployment rates have ________ compared to the United States.
A) less regulated labor markets
B) lower levels of technology
C) higher levels of technology
D) more generous unemployment benefits and more regulated labor markets
E) have a higher labor force participation rate
15) In the United States over the last 50 years,
A) the labor force participation rate for women has increased to match that for women in other developed countries.
B) both women’s and men’s labor force participation rates have increased due to technology.
C) the change in men’s labor force participation rate explains the behavior of the unemployment rate.
D) the labor force participation rate for women has increased to near 60 percent.
E) women’s earning power has remained fairly constant.
16) In the United States, over the past 50 years the total labor force participation rate
A) has increased.
B) has decreased.
C) has remained more or less constant.
D) has fluctuated substantially.
E) first decreased slightly and then increased significantly.
17) Since 1960, the labor force participation rate in the United States has
A) increased for men and women.
B) decreased for men and women.
C) increased for men and decreased for women.
D) increased for women and decreased for men.
E) increased for women and not changed for men.
18) Between 1960 and 2010, the labor force participation rate for women
A) increased until about 1996.
B) decreased in most years.
C) did not change.
D) first rose sharply and then, after 1996, fell equally sharply.
E) did not change until 1992, after which it generally increased.
19) As technology advancements have led to more white collar jobs,
A) the unemployment rate has steadily fallen.
B) the labor force participation rate for men and women have increased.
C) a higher percentage of men of working age have entered the labor force.
D) the labor force participation rate for women has increased over the last 50 years.
E) the labor force participation rate for women has decreased since 1960.
20) Since 1960, the labor force participation rate in the United States
A) has remained remarkably stable.
B) has generally decrease.
C) has generally increased.
D) at first rose sharply and then gradually decreased.
E) at first gradually decreased and in recent years has risen sharply.
