The U.S. Department of Labor may underestimate the severity of unemployment for all of the following reasons except

A. discouraged workers are not considered part of the labor force.
B. many workers are "underemployed," occupying jobs well below their levels of skills and education.
C. surveys of household members are likely to produce a rosier picture of employment circumstances than actually exists.
D. Many households earn far less income than they desire.
E. part-time workers are grouped among the employed, even though they desire full-time employment.


D. Many households earn far less income than they desire.

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A) 4.0 percent. B) 4.16 percent. C) 5.55 percent. D) 28.0 percent.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Workers earn less than half of the income generated by the production process

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The supply curve of a good or service is the same as

A) the demand curve. B) the marginal benefit curve. C) the marginal cost curve. D) the total surplus curve. E) None of the above answers is correct.

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