Question

Suppose the government launches a successful advertising campaign that convinces workers with high school degrees to quit their jobs and become full time college students. This would cause Group of answer choices the unemployment rate to decrease. the labor force participation rate to decrease. no change in the unemployment rate. the number of discouraged workers to increase.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is B.

Explanation:

The labor force participation rate to decrease. Labor force is the total number of people in paid employment (employed people) and unemployed people but who are actively searching for job.

Since the workers that quit job would be enrolled as full time college student, labor force rate will decrease since they are not employed and will not be actively searching for job.