17.Are U.S. unemployment rates typically higher, lower, or about the same as unemployment rates in other high-income countries?

18.Are U.S. unemployment rates distributed evenly across the population?

19.When would you expect cyclical unemployment to be rising? Falling?

20.Why is there unemployment in a labor market with flexible wages?

21.Name and explain some of the reasons why wages are likely to be sticky, especially in downward adjustments.

22.What term describes the remaining level of unemployment that occurs even when the economy is healthy?

23.What forces create the natural rate of unemployment for an economy?

24.Would you expect the natural rate of unemployment to be roughly the same in different countries?

25.Would you expect the natural rate of unemployment to remain the same within one country over the long run of several decades?

26.What is frictional unemployment? Give examples of frictional unemployment.

27.What is structural unemployment? Give examples of structural unemployment.

28.After several years of economic growth, would you expect the unemployment in an economy to be mainly cyclical or mainly due to the natural rate of unemployment? Why?

29.What type of unemployment (cyclical, frictional, or structural) applies to each of the following:

1. landscapers laid off in response to a drop in new housing construction during a recession.
2. coal miners laid off due to EPA regulations that shut down coal fired power
3. a financial analyst who quits his/her job in Chicago and is pursing similar work in Arizona
4. printers laid off due to drop in demand for printed catalogues and flyers as firms go the internet to promote an advertise their products.
5. factory workers in the U.S. laid off as the plants shut down and move to Mexico and Ireland.

30.Using the definition of the unemployment rate, is an increase in the unemployment rate necessarily a bad thing for a nation?

31.Is a decrease in the unemployment rate necessarily a good thing for a nation? Explain.r