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unemployed workers unemployment rate labor force participation rate discouraged workers underemployment rate frictional unemployment structural unemployment median wage union employment at-will doctrine active labor market policies cyclical unemployment natural unemployment rate baby boomers | short-term unemployment caused by the ordinary difficulties of matching employee to employer. the policy that an employee may quit and an employer may fire an employee at any time and for any reason; the most basic U.S. employment law despite many exceptions to it. the wage such that one-half of all workers earn wages below that amount and one-half of all workers earn wages above that amount. policies that focus on getting unemployed workers back to work, such as job-search assistance, job-retraining programs, and work tests. an association of workers that bargains collectively with employers over wages, benefits, and working conditions. people born during the high–birth rate years of 1946–1964. adults who do not have a job but who are looking for work. a Bureau of Labor Statistics measure that includes part-time workers who would rather have a full-time position and people who would like to work but have given up looking for a job. unemployment correlated with the business cycle. the percentage of the labor force who are unemployed. the rate of structural plus frictional unemployment. the percentage of adults in the labor force. persistent, long-term unemployment caused by long-lasting shocks or permanent features of an economy that make it more difficult for some workers to find jobs. jobless individuals who have given up looking for work but who would still like to find a job. |