Question

Sectoral shifts, frictional unemployment, and job searches Suppose the world price of steel falls substantially. The demand for labor among steel-producing firms in Pennsylvania will _____. The demand for labor among automobile-producing firms in Michigan, for which steel is an input, will _____. The temporary unemployment resulting from such sectoral shifts in the economy is best described as _____ unemployment.
Suppose the government wants to reduce this type of unemployment. Which of the following policies would help achieve this goal? Check all that apply.
a. Taxing the price of placing a resume or posting a job opening on a job-search website
b. Improving a widely used job-search website so that it matches workers to job vacancies more effectively
c. Increasing the benefits offered to unemployed workers through the government's unemployment insurance program

Answer 1

Answer:

fall

rise

frictional

b. Improving a widely used job-search website so that it matches workers to job vacancies more effectively

Explanation:

A fall in the price of steel would reduce the profitability of producing steel for steel producing companies. Hence, the supply of steel would fall. as a result, less labour would be needed, so the demand for labour would fall.

A fall in the price of steel would reduce the cost of producing cars and thus increase the production of cars. as a result, more labour would be employed to make cars.

Frictional unemployment is when labour is unemployed between the time he leaves his current employment and time he finds another. by improving on the job search website, workers would be matched faster with available jobs, this frictional unemployment would decrease.