Question

What can we learn from the employment data? Assume Country X has the following statistics: Total relevant population = 50,000,000 Full-time students = 4,200,000 Not employed and not currently searching for jobs = 6,000,000 Not employed and currently searching for jobs = 2,336,000 Currently employed = 29,664,000

Answer 1

Answer: 1. 32,000,000. 2. 67% 3. 7.3%

Explanation:Note that if those not employed and not currently searching for jobs were all considered to be marginally attached workers and were included in the unemployment rate calculation, then this would be the U-6 unemployment rate, which is the ratio of unemployed plus marginally attached workers to the labor force plus marginally attached workers, which would be 22%, not 7.3%.

Answer 2

Country x

Population size 50,000,000

Full time students 4,200,000

Not employed & not searching 6,000,000

Not employed and searching 2,336,000

Employed 29,664,000

Labour force is defined as the population of the economy currently engaged in some employment and those jobless but available or searching for employment

Labour force is 32,000,000

Labor force participation rate is the labor force divided by the population size.

= 64%

Unemployment rate is defined as members of a country not employed and are searching or seeking employment.

= 4.7%