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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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