4. a. b. c. [Employment and Unemployment] State whether each of the following statements is true or false, and explain why. An example of a discouraged worker is someone who is suddenly laid off from his/her job, is still looking for work, but has received no other job offers at the moment. An increase in the unemployment rate is only due to a smaller fraction of the population being employed. Natural unemployment includes temporary unemployment caused by new labor entry or job-switching, as well as longer unemployment caused by insufficient skills or recessions.