AP Macro – 2/04/2020

I.  Bellwork:  Please, can someone brief the president on the unemployment rate?

  1.  What statement did President Trump make about unemployment?
  2.  Explain what the problem is with this statement.

II.  Objectives

  • Explain the 3 different types of unemployment and their causes
  • Identify the factors that determine the natural rate of employment

III.  Cause and Categories of Unemployment pages 129-137

A.  The Natural Rate of Unemployment

  1. Job Creation and Job Destruction
  2. Frictional Unemployment
  3. Structural Unemployment
  • Minimum Wages
  • Unions
  • Efficiency Wages
  • Side Effects of Public Policy

4. The Natural Rate of Unemployment

5. Changes in the Natural Rate of Unemployment

  • Changes in Labor Force Characteristics
  • Changes in Labor Market Institutions
  • Changes in Government Policies

IV.   Videos/Notes

  1. Types of Unemployment
  2.  Flash Cards – Labor Force

V.   Classwork

  • 13.3 & 13.1


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