A number of semi-skilled workers in an industry find themselves out of work when improvements in technology render their jobs obsolete. These workers experience
A. transitional unemployment.
B. technological unemployment.
C. structural unemployment.
D. frictional unemployment.
Ans: C. structural unemployment.
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