The share of long-term unemployment:

A. increases with the amount of labor market rigidity, which explains why the United States has more long-term unemployment than Europe.
B. decreases with the amount of labor market rigidity, which explains why Europe has more long-term unemployment than the United States.
C. increases with the amount of labor market rigidity, which explains why Europe has more long-term unemployment than the United States.
D. decreases with the amount of labor market rigidity, which explains why the United States has more long-term unemployment than Europe


Ans: C. increases with the amount of labor market rigidity, which explains why Europe has more long-term unemployment than the United States.

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