Question

A friend and fellow student shares her employment experience over the last 12-week summer break. It took her one full week to find a job. She started on the first day of week two and was able to keep her job for the remaining eleven weeks. Use this information to answer the following three questions, assuming the unemployment rate is not changing: 1. Calculate the rate of job finding (f) for the summer, using an average rate per week. Enter this value in the box below. Note that if f is the rate of job finding, then the average spell of unemployment is (1/f).

Answer 1

Answer: 1. 12. 2. 1.090. 3. 0.08327

Explanation:

Here is the complete question:

friend and fellow student shares her employment experience over the last 12-week summer break. It took her one full week to find a job. She started on the first day of week two and was able to keep her job for the remaining eleven weeks. Use this information to answer the following three questions, assuming the unemployment rate is not changing:

1. Calculate the rate of job finding (f) for the summer, using an average rate per week. Enter this value in the box below. Note that if f is the rate of job finding, then the average spell of unemployment is (1/f).

The value of f is:

2. Calculate the rate of job separation (s), using an average rate per week. Enter this value into the box below. Note that if s is the rate of job separation, then the average length of employment is (1/s).

The value of s is:

3. Calculate the natural rate of unemployment (U) using the above results and enter this value in the box below.

The natural rate of unemployment (in percent) is

1. From the question, we can see that it was said that took her one full week to get a job over the last 12 week summer break. The unemployment rate will be 12.

The value of f is: 12

2. From the question, the average length of the employment is 11/12 weeks. The rate of job separation will be: s = 12weeks ÷ 11 weeks

s = 1.090

The value of s is: 1.090

3. The natural rate of unemployment will be:

U = s/(s+f)

= 1.090/(1.090 + 12)

= 1.090/13.090

= 0.08327