Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Jobs are being outsourced to other countries because Americans are less willing to work in those industries.

2. The unemployment rate by mid 2016 was nearly 10 percent, almost the same rate as in 2007.

3. High unemployment rates tend to increase marriage rates and increase fertility rates.

4. Nearly 1 million people earn the national minimum wage of $ 9.00 per hour, and one-quarter of these people are age 25 and older.

5. Wages that are above federal or state minimum wage levels, usually ranging from 100 to 130 percent of the poverty line, are called living wages.


1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T

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