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41) Since 1980, the percentage of part-time workers who are part time for economic reasons

A) has steadily decreased.

B) has steadily increased.

C) at first increased, then generally decreased.

D) generally increased in recessions and decreased in expansions.

E) has remained approximately constant.

42) During a recession, the percentage workers who are part time for economic reasons

A) increases more rapidly than the percentage of part-time workers.

B) decreases more rapidly than the percentage of part-time workers.

C) increases proportionately with the percentage of part-time workers.

D) decreases proportionately to the percentage of part-time workers.

E) does not change even though the percentage of part-time workers increases.

 

43) Which of the following statements is true regarding part-time workers?

A) Part-time workers are divided those who voluntary choose part-time work and those who work part-time due to economic reasons.

B) The percentage of workers who are part time due to non-economic reasons rise significantly during recessions.

C) The percentage of workers who are part time due to economic reasons does not change much over the business cycle.

D) The percentage of workers who are part time due to non-economic reasons is about the same percentage as those who are voluntary reasons.

E) Part-time workers who are part-time for economic reasons are included in the unemployment rate, but part-time workers who are part time for noneconomic reasons are not included in the unemployment rate.

 

44) In the 2008-09 recession, the percentage of part-time workers due to economic reasons

A) doubled from 3 percent to 6 percent.

B) equalled the unemployment rate for those who are part-time workers due to non-economic reasons.

C) rose to almost 18 percent.

D) did not include teenagers.

E) decreased slightly over the period.

45) From 1948 to 2011, the average unemployment rate in the United States was approximately

A) 3.1 percent.

B) 5.8 percent.

C) 12.0 percent.

D) 24.4 percent.

E) 9.6 percent.

 

46) During a recession, the unemployment rate ________ and the percentage of part-time workers who are involuntary part-time workers ________.

A) rises; rises

B) rises; falls

C) falls; rises

D) falls; falls

E) rises; does not change

 

47) From 1981 to 2011, the unemployment rate in the United States

A) was always lower than the unemployment rate in Japan.

B) almost always equaled the unemployment rate in Canada.

C) generally rose while the unemployment rate in the Eurozone fell.

D) was generally lower than the unemployment rate in the Eurozone.

E) was usually higher than the unemployment rate in Canada.

48) Since 1960, in the United States the labor force participation rate for men has ________ and for women has ________.

A) increased; increased

B) increased; decreased

C) decreased; increased

D) decreased; decreased

E) not changed; increased

 

49) Between 1960 and 2011,

A) both the male and female labor force participation rates increased.

B) the male labor force participation rate decreased rapidly, the female labor force participation rate decreased slowly, and the two rates are now equal.

C) the male labor force participation rate decreased and the female labor force participation rate increased.

D) both the male and female labor force participation rates decreased slowly.

E) the male labor force participation rate did not change and the female labor force participation rate increased.

 

50) The women’s labor force participation rate is

A) higher in Japan than in the United States.

B) higher in the United States than in France.

C) higher in Italy than in the United States.

D) higher in Spain than in Iceland.

E) higher in the United States than in Iceland or Norway.

51) In a recession, which unemployment rate is the highest?

A) the U-1 unemployment rate

B) the U-6 unemployment rate

C) the U-2 unemployment rate

D) the U-3 unemployment rate

E) None of the above answers is correct because the highest unemployment rate changes from one recession to the next.

 

52) In 2012, part-time workers for noneconomic reasons were about ________ of total employment, and part-time workers for economic reasons were about ________ of total employment.

A) 3 percent; 25 percent

B) 17 percent; 17 percent

C) 2 percent; 12 percent

D) 13 percent; 20 percent

E) 13 percent; 6 percent

 

53) The percentage of workers who work part time for noneconomic reasons

A) decreases during a recession as the number of discouraged workers increases.

B) does not fluctuate much at all with the business cycle.

C) fluctuates strongly with the business cycle.

D) has decreased from 30 percent of the labor force in 1980 to 20 percent in 2011.

E) has trended upward since 1980.

54) In the United States, the percentage of part-time workers who would like full-time work

A) increases in recessions and decreases in expansions.

B) changes very little from expansion to recession.

C) in 2013 was almost 100 percent of all part-time workers.

D) Both answers A and C are correct.

E) Both answers B and C are correct.

 

55) The number of part-time workers for economic reasons ________ during recessions and the number of part-time workers for noneconomic reasons ________ during recessions

A) increases; increases

B) increases; decreases

C) increases; does not change

D) does not change; does not change

E) decreases; increases

 

 

 

 

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