Contact Us

If you still have questions or prefer to get help directly from an agent, please submit a request.
We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Please fill out the contact form below and we will reply as soon as possible.

  • Courses
  • Tutoring
  • Home
  • Economics, Finance, & Analytics
  • Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy

Unemployment - Explained

What is Unemployment?

Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at April 26th, 2022

Contact Us

If you still have questions or prefer to get help directly from an agent, please submit a request.
We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Please fill out the contact form below and we will reply as soon as possible.

  • Marketing, Advertising, Sales & PR
    Principles of Marketing Sales Advertising Public Relations SEO, Social Media, Direct Marketing
  • Accounting, Taxation, and Reporting
    Managerial & Financial Accounting & Reporting Business Taxation
  • Professionalism & Career Development
  • Law, Transactions, & Risk Management
    Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law Agency Law HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law Real Estate, Personal, & Intellectual Property Commercial Law: Contract, Payments, Security Interests, & Bankruptcy Consumer Protection Insurance & Risk Management Immigration Law Environmental Protection Law Inheritance, Estates, and Trusts
  • Business Management & Operations
    Operations, Project, & Supply Chain Management Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation Business Ethics & Social Responsibility Global Business, International Law & Relations Business Communications & Negotiation Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
  • Economics, Finance, & Analytics
    Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy Research, Quantitative Analysis, & Decision Science Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets Banking, Lending, and Credit Industry Business Finance, Personal Finance, and Valuation Principles
  • Courses
+ More

What is Unemployment? 


Back to:ECONOMIC ANALYSIS & MONETARY POLICY

What is the Unemployment Rate? 


What are Short-Run and Long-Run Changes in Unemployment? 


Related Topics

  • Unemployment 
  • Labor Force Participation Rate
  • Out of the Labor Force
  • Underemployed
  • Full Employment Equilibrium
  • Okun's Law
  • Structural Unemployment
  • Cyclical Unemployment
  • Frictional Unemployment

Related Topics

  • Labor Economics
  • Labor Market Equilibrium
  • Labor Market Efficiency
  • Productivity Economics
  • National Average Wage Index
  • Unemployment
  • Labor Force Participation Rate
  • Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
  • Labor Surplus Area - Explained
  • Lump of Labor Fallacy - Explained
  • Labor Force Participation Rate - Explained
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics 
  • ADP National Employment Survey
  • Labor Theory of Value - Explained
  • Labor Productivity - Explained
  • Wage Elasticity of Labor Supply
  • Sticky Wage Theory (Economics)

Was this article helpful?

Yes
No

Related Articles

  • Shapley Value - Explained
  • Derived Demand - Explained
  • Inefficient Market - Explained
  • Marginal Revenue - Explained



©2011-2021. The Business Professor, LLC.
  • Privacy

  • Questions

Definition by Author

0
0
Expand