The percentage of people employed aged 16 years and older divided by the working-age population is known as the
A: employment rate.
B: employment-to-population ratio.
C: labor force participation rate.
D: working-age population ratio.
A: employment rate.
B: employment-to-population ratio.
C: labor force participation rate.
D: working-age population ratio.
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- The labor force is defined as people A: who have a job or are looking for a job. B: in the working-age population who have a job. C: in the working-age population who have a full time job. D: who are 16 years of age or older.
- If the people who take early retirement are not counted in the working-age population, then A: the unemployment rate would be lower. B: the labor force participation rate would be less. C: the unemployment rate would be higher. D: the labor force participation rate would be higher.
- Suppose the population is 220 million people, the labor force is 150 million people, the number of people employed is 130 million and the working-age population is 175 million people. What is the labor force participation rate? A: 0.68 percent B: 68 percent C: 85.7 percent D: 86.7 percent
- If the number of people unemployed is 100, the number of people employed is 1000, and the working-age population is 1400, then the labor force participation rate is A: 78.6 percent. B: 71.4 percent. C: 64.3 percent. D: 66.6 percent.
- Which population category equals the sum of employed and unemployed people? A: working-age population B: labor force C: young and institutionalized D: not in the labor force