Macroeconomics: Measuring the Economy · Macroeconomics

Unemployment and the Labor Market

Analyzing different types of unemployment and the impact of labor market trends on the economy.

Key Questions

  1. 1What trade-offs exist between automation and employment?
  2. 2How does structural unemployment affect long-term economic growth?
  3. 3Who bears the costs of a high natural rate of unemployment?

Common Core State Standards

C3: D2.Eco.11.9-12
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: Economics
Unit: Macroeconomics: Measuring the Economy
Period: Macroeconomics

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