Identifying the Type of Unemployment

Answer the following questions to check your understanding of the story.

Which of these workers have experienced frictional unemployment?

a) Jasmine Walker and possibly Aaron Diangienda

b) Patrick Ciriello only

c) Dean Grey only

d) Patrick Ciriello and possibly Dean Grey

Which of these workers have experienced structural unemployment?

a) Dean Grey and possibly Aaron Diangienda

b) Dean Grey and possibly Jasmine Walker

c) Patrick Ciriello only

d) Jasmine Walker only

Which of these workers have experienced cyclical unemployment?

a) Jasmine Walker only

b) Patrick Ciriello and Dean Grey

c) Dean Grey only

d) Patrick Ciriello only

How does Aaron Diangienda’s labor-market status change when he returns to college?

a) From unemployed to out of the labor force

b) From in the labor force to unemployed

c) From out of the labor force to unemployed

d) From unemployed to employed

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