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Are the following workers more likely to experience short-term or long-term unemployment? Explain. a. a construction worker laid off because of bad weather b. a manufacturing worker who loses his job at a plant in an isolated area c. a stagecoach-industry worker laid off because of competition from railroads d. a short-order cook who loses his job when a new restaurant opens across the street e. an expert welder with little formal education who loses his job when the company installs automatic welding machinery
Chapter 28, Problem 6(choose chapter or problem)
Are the following workers more likely to experience short-term or long-term unemployment? Explain
a. a construction worker laid off because of bad weather
b. a manufacturing worker who loses his job at a plant in an isolated area
c. a stagecoach-industry worker who is laid off because of competition from railroads
d. a short-order cook who loses his job when a new restaurant opens across the street
e. an expert welder with little formal education who loses his job when the company installs automatic welding machinery
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Are the following workers more likely to experience short-term or long-term unemployment? Explain
a. a construction worker laid off because of bad weather
b. a manufacturing worker who loses his job at a plant in an isolated area
c. a stagecoach-industry worker who is laid off because of competition from railroads
d. a short-order cook who loses his job when a new restaurant opens across the street
e. an expert welder with little formal education who loses his job when the company installs automatic welding machinery
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
Short-term unemployment: When the workers are unemployed for few weeks and later can find some employment work, it is short-term unemployment and it is not that much serious problem.
Long-term unemployment: When the workers are unemployed for many months weeks and later it is difficult to find some employment work, it is long-term unemployment and it is a serious problem.