Measuring Unemployment and its Costs
Understanding how unemployment is measured and its economic and social consequences.
Key Questions
- Explain the limitations of the official unemployment rate.
- Analyze the social costs of long-term unemployment.
- Evaluate the concept of the natural rate of unemployment.
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