Check Your Understanding

  1. Question

    Explain the following.

    1. Frictional unemployment always exists.

    2. Frictional unemployment accounts for a larger share of total unemployment when the unemployment rate is low.

  2. Question

    Why does collective bargaining have the same general effect on unemployment as a minimum wage? Illustrate your answer with a diagram.

  3. Question

    Suppose the United States dramatically increases benefits for unemployed workers. Explain what will happen to the natural rate of unemployment.