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Map pling The table below shows employment statistics for the fictional country

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Question

Map pling The table below shows employment statistics for the fictional country of Summerlandia. Use the information to answer the following questions. Round your percentages to two decimal places Category Number of people 4505 Employed 452 Unemployed 551 Not in the labor force What is the total labor force? What is the labor force participation rate What is the unemployment rate? Number Number Number Suppose 266 of the 452 unemployed people have been unemployed for so long, they stop looking for work What is the new labor force? What is the new labor force participation rate? What is the new unemployment rate? Number Number Number

Explanation / Answer

Total Labor force = Employed + unemployed = 4957

Labor force participation rate = labor force / adult population * 100

Adult population = Labor force + not in Labor force = 4957 + 551 = 5508

= 4957 / 5508 * 100 = 89.99 or 90 per cent

Unemployment rate = Unemployed / labor force * 100

= 452 / 4957 * 100 =9.2 per cent

One who is not actively looking for work is considered out of the labor force. So, we deduct 266 from 452 to get the unemployed people = 186

Not in the labor force = 551 + 266 = 817

New labor force = 4505 + 186 = 4691

New labor force participation rate = 4691 / 5508 * 100 = 85. 16 per cent

New unemployment rate = 186 / 4691 * 100 = 3.9 or around 4 per cent.