1.In 2015, less than 20 percent of the unemployed in the United States were unemployed for a period shorter than 5 weeks. _________ (True/False) 2. As most states in the United States replace the...

1.In 2015, less than 20 percent of the unemployed in the United States were unemployed for a period shorter than 5 weeks. _________ (True/False)

2. As most states in the United States replace the entire wages of individuals on unemployment insurance, the unemployed don’t have the incentive to find jobs. _________ (True/False)

3.The effects of unemployment today may carry over into the future because

a. discouraged workers are not measured in the unemployment rate.

b. those that experience prolonged unemployment lose job skills that are difficult to recover.

c. a person must be actively seeking work to be counted as unemployed.

d. None of the above

4. In January 2015, more than 29 percent of the unemployed had been unemployed less than _________ weeks.