Some frictional Unemployment is inevitable because ?
Correct answer: B. There are changes in the demand for labour among different firms.
- A. of minimum wage laws
- B. There are changes in the demand for labour among different firms.
- C. Of unions
- D. All of these answers
- E. Efficiency wages may hold the wage
Explanation
Frictional unemployment arises while workers move between jobs or firms adjust their hiring, so some temporary job-search unemployment is unavoidable. Minimum-wage laws, unions, and efficiency wages instead tend to create wage-related unemployment.
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