Exam 29: Unemployment

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Government-run employment agencies and public training programs are operated by the government to try to facilitate job search and reduce unemployment.

A) Almost all economists agree that such programs are of no use.
B) Almost all economists agree that such programs work very well.
C) Some economists claim that the government can do these things no better than firms and individuals could do them for themselves.
D) Some economists claim that these programs increase frictional unemployment.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Question 42

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$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \mathbf { Person } & \mathbf { Status } \\\hline \text { Allen } & \text { Unpaid stay at home dad. Has not 1ooked for a job in several years. } \\\hline \text { Ben } & \text { College president. } \\\hline \text { Allison } & \text { Part-time welder. Actively 1ooking for full time work. } \\\hline \text { Brittany } & \text { Self-employed full-time wedding singer. } \\\hline \text { Cathy } & \text { Full-time physician's sassistant. } \\\hline \text { Calvin } & \text { Retired finance professor. Last applied for work 10 weeks ago. } \\\hline \text { Diane } & \text { Laid-off fork-lift operator expecting to be recalled. } \\\hline \text { David } & \text { Works for a bicycle store. Age } 70 . \\\hline \text { Evelyn } & \text { Manager of health food store. } \\\hline \text { Eli } & \text { Museum guard. Was not at work last week due to illness. } \\\hline \text { Flora } & \text { Has never been employed. Looked for a job last week. } \\\hline \text { Frank } & \text { Fired from job as an investment banker. Last looked for work three weeks ago. } \\\hline\end{array}$ -Refer to Sample Population.How many in the sample are in the labor force?