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Module 13
The Causes and Categories of Unemployment
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Economics
12th Grade
02/24/2013

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Term
job search
Definition
Workers who spend time looking or employment.
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frictional unemployment
Definition
Unemployment due to the time workers spend in job search.
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structural unemployment
Definition
Unemployment that results when there are more people seeking jobs in a labor market than there are jobs available at the current wage rate.
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efficiency wages
Definition
Wages that employers set above the equilibrium rate as an incentive for better employee performance.
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natural rate of employment
Definition
The unemployment rate that arises from the effects of frictional plus structural unemployment.
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cyclical unemployment
Definition
The deviation of the actual rate of employment from the natural rate.
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