Question :
31.Evidencefromresearchstudiesbyeconomists
a.showsthatincreasedunemploymentbenefitsdecreasethejobsearcheffortsoftheunemployed.
b.showsthatincreasedunemploymentbenefitshavevirtuallynoeffect : 1261976
31.Evidencefromresearchstudiesbyeconomists
a.showsthatincreasedunemploymentbenefitsdecreasethejobsearcheffortsoftheunemployed.
b.showsthatincreasedunemploymentbenefitshavevirtuallynoeffectonthejobsearcheffortsoftheunemployed.
c.showsthatincreasedunemploymentbenefitsincreasethejobsearcheffortsoftheunemployed.
d.isconflictingonwhatincreasedunemploymentbenefitsdotothejobsearcheffortsoftheunemployed.
32.Moregenerousunemploymentinsurancewould
a.raisestructuralunemployment.
b.raisefrictionalunemployment.
c.lowerstructuralunemployment.
d.lowerfrictionalunemployment.
33.Economistswouldpredictthat,otherthingsthesame,themoregenerousunemploymentcompensationacountryhas,the
a.shorterthedurationofeachspellofunemploymentandthehighertheunemploymentrate.
b.shorterthedurationofeachspellofunemploymentandthelowertheunemploymentrate.
c.longerthedurationofeachspellofunemploymentandthehighertheunemploymentrate.
d.longerthedurationofeachspellofunemploymentandthelowertheunemploymentrate.
34.Unemploymentinsurance
a.reducesthehardshipofunemployment,butitalsoincreasestheamountofunemployment.
b.reducestheincentivefortheunemployedtofindandtakenewjobs.
c.causesworkerstobelesslikelytoseekguaranteesofjobsecuritywhentheynegotiatewithemployersoverthetermsofemployment.
d.Alloftheabovearecorrect.
35.Unemploymentinsurance
a.mayimprovetheabilityoftheeconomytomatchworkerswithappropriatejobs.
b.reducesthejobsearcheffortsoftheunemployed.
c.increasestheamountoffrictionalunemploymentintheeconomy.
d.Alloftheabovearecorrect.
36.Inthe1990’sIrelandmadeunemploymentbenefitslessgenerous.Thischangewouldlikelyhavereduced
a.bothstructuralunemploymentandthenaturalrateofunemployment.
b.structuralunemploymentbutnotthenaturalrateofunemployment.
c.bothfrictionalunemploymentandthenaturalrateofunemployment.
d.frictionalunemploymentbutnotthenaturalrateofunemployment.
37.Whichofthefollowingiscorrect?
a.Unemploymentinsuranceraisesstructuralunemploymentbecauseitreducesthejobsearcheffortsoftheunemployed.
b.Mosteconomistsareskepticalofthevalueofunemploymentinsuranceprimarilybecausetheybelievethatitresultsinapoorermatchbetweenworkersandjobs.
c.Studiesshowthatwhentheunemployedbecomeineligibleforbenefits,theprobabilityoftheirfindingajobrisesmarkedly.
d.Alloftheabovearecorrect.
38.Frictionalunemploymentis
a.notinevitable;rather,itcanbereducedtozerobywell-designedpublicpolicies.
b.notinevitable;rather,itcouldbereducedtozeroifbytheeliminationofunemploymentinsurance.
c.inevitable,becauseatanygiventime,jobsarebeingcreatedinsomefirmsanddestroyedinotherfirms.
d.inevitable,becauseinsomeindustries,wagesarealwayssetabovethelevelthatbringssupplyanddemandintoequilibrium.
39.Aneconomistclaimsthatchangesininformationtechnologyandunemploymentinsurancehavereducedunemployment.Whichofthesechangesaffectfrictionalunemployment?
a.boththechangesininformationtechnologyandunemploymentinsurance
b.onlythechangesininformationtechnology
c.onlythechangesinunemploymentinsurance
d.neitherthechangesininformationtechnologynorthechangesinunemploymentinsurance
40.Whichofthefollowingisnotacauseoffrictionalunemployment?
a.thedestructionofmanufacturingjobs
b.aworkerleavingajobtofindonewithbetterbenefits
c.minimum-wagelaws
d.unemploymentinsurance