Unemployment Practice
Sort real-world workers into employed, unemployed, and out of the labor force — the distinctions every exam tests. Then answer five questions on unemployment types, the natural rate, and the discouraged-worker trap.
One tile of the full unemployment unit.
The course teaches unemployment interactively — drag the graphs, practice with feedback, and spaced reviews bring it back before you forget. Free.
Interactive classifier
Five practice questions
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Question 1 of 5
Tomas lost his job a year ago, gave up searching after months of rejections, and no longer looks for work. In the official statistics, Tomas is:
Question 2 of 5
A travel agent loses her job because customers now book everything online, and her skills do not match the openings that exist. This is:
Question 3 of 5
An economy at “full employment” still has unemployment. Why?
Question 4 of 5
A country of 100 million people has 60 million employed, 4 million unemployed and searching, and 36 million out of the labor force. The unemployment rate is:
Question 5 of 5
During a long downturn, the unemployment rate falls from 9 percent to 8 percent — but mostly because many job seekers gave up searching. What does this reveal?
What the course adds
Beyond this one page
The unemployment unit has dozens of practice questions on labor-force accounting, the three unemployment types, the natural rate, and Okun's law. Each session pulls from your weak spots — not the same five questions every time.
Spaced reviews
FSRS brings every concept back right before you'd forget. ~50% better retention than re-reading.
Per-concept mastery
Performance Factor Analysis tracks each sub-skill separately — you see which version of the idea is still wobbly.
Diagnostic placement
A short test skips you past what you already know. No re-learning the basics.
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