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Unemployment and Labor Force Participation Video Series and Quiz

Time: 60 mins,
Updated: April 15 2020,
Author: Marginal Revolution University
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Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Define unemployment, frictional unemployment, structural unemployment, cyclical unemployment, and the natural unemployment rate.
  • Explain how unemployment is counted.

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Concepts

Employment and Unemployment
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In this economics video series, students will learn about employment and unemployment.

Description

This 9-video unit on unemployment explains how unemployment is defined and counted, what frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment are, and what the natural unemployment rate is.

Subjects:
AP/IB Economics,Economics

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