Practice mode Labour Market

If unemployment insurance were so generous that it paid laid-off workers 95 per cent of their usual salary, what would likely happen?

Correct answer D. The official unemployment rate would probably overstate true unemployment

Explanation

With almost full pay, many claimants would only pretend to seek work to keep their benefits, so people who do not really want a job would be counted as unemployed.

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