The unemployment rate will rise when:

a. the duration of unemployment increases.

b. people get discouraged and quit looking for a job.

c. the average work week falls from 40 hours to 39 hours.

d. the size of the labor force increases without an increase in employment.

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Julio Knight

18 June, 12:54

The unemployment rate will rise when:

a. the duration of unemployment increases.

b. people get discouraged and quit looking for a job.

c. the average work week falls from 40 hours to 39 hours.

d. the size of the labor force increases without an increase in employment.

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Lauryn · Answer 1

Thousands of bus and truck drivers permanently lose their jobs when driverless, computer-driven vehicles make human drivers redundant. d. Hundreds of New York legal jobs permanently disappear when a lot of legal work gets outsourced to lawyers in India.

The unemployment rate will rise when:a. the duration of unemployment increases.b. people get discouraged and quit looking for a job.c. the average work week falls from 40 hours to 39 hours.d. the size of the labor force increases without an increase in employment.

The unemployment rate will rise when:

a. the duration of unemployment increases.

b. people get discouraged and quit looking for a job.

c. the average work week falls from 40 hours to 39 hours.

d. the size of the labor force increases without an increase in employment.