Question

Automobile workers in Detroit are unemployed because robots are now being used on assembly lines but, at the same time, job vacancies exist for computer programmers. In this case, the automobile workers are an example of:A. Cyclical unemployment. B. Structural unemployment. C. Frictional unemployment. D. Seasonal unemployment.

Answer 1

Answer:

Structural unemployment

Explanation:

Structural unemployment occurs when the skills required by employers are different from those possessed by the workers (there is a mismatch). This usually occurs as a result of technological change where automation replaces human labor in some manufacturing process.

In this instance automobile workers became unemployed because robots took over some production processes.

Now jobs for computer programmers are the ones in demand, because the workers do not have this skill they are unemployed.