Unemployment that occurs as workers move between jobs is called:
APermanent unemployment
BFrictional unemployment
CCyclical unemployment
DSeasonal unemployment
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Frictional unemployment
1. Types of unemployment are named for their cause.
2. Workers leaving one job take time to find the next.
3. Economists call the unemployment that occurs in the meantime frictional unemployment.
4. It arises as workers move between jobs.
_Source: OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 7 'Unemployment'_
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