Question

Working as an elevator operator used to be a common job in the workforce four decades ago, but today few jobs remain. The unemployment created by introduction of automatic elevators would be considered:_______. A) wait. B) cyclical. C) frictional D) structural

Answer 1

The unemployment created by introduction of automatic elevators would be considered as structural

Explanation:

Structural unemployment is a longer-lasting type of unemployment that is induced by structural economic changes and aggravated by external influences like technology, rivalry, and government policy.

Structural unemployment will last for decades and typically needs to reverse a dramatic shift. Technology continues to intensify systemic unemployment, marginalize certain workers and make certain occupations redundant, such as manufacturing. Structural unemployment can be long-term and difficult to address as it needs either displacement or retraining.