Measurement of Employment and Unemployment
Economics ⇒ Employment and Unemployment
Measurement of Employment and Unemployment starts at 11 and continues till grade 12.
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Define 'disguised unemployment'.
Describe the process followed by NSSO to collect data on employment and unemployment.
Describe the term 'underemployment'.
Explain the difference between 'Usual Status' and 'Current Weekly Status' approaches in measuring unemployment.
Explain the significance of the Labour Force Participation Rate in economic analysis.
A person worked for 2 days in a week and was unemployed for the remaining 5 days. According to the Current Weekly Status approach, is this person considered employed or unemployed?
A survey finds that out of 2,000 people, 1,200 are employed, 200 are unemployed, and the rest are not in the labour force. What is the Labour Force Participation Rate?
If the labour force in a village is 1,000 and 100 people are unemployed, what is the unemployment rate?
Which government agency is primarily responsible for conducting employment and unemployment surveys in India? (1) Reserve Bank of India, (2) National Sample Survey Office, (3) Ministry of Finance, (4) NITI Aayog
Which of the following is a challenge in measuring unemployment in rural areas of India? (1) Lack of data, (2) Multiple occupations, (3) Seasonal employment, (4) All of the above
Which of the following is a limitation of the Usual Status approach? (1) It ignores seasonal unemployment, (2) It is too sensitive to short-term changes, (3) It is not used in India, (4) It includes underemployment
Which of the following is an example of seasonal unemployment? (1) A teacher working in a school, (2) A construction worker unemployed during the rainy season, (3) A doctor in a hospital, (4) A shopkeeper in a city
Fill in the blank: The ________ approach is best for capturing the extent of chronic unemployment in the population.
Fill in the blank: The ________ approach is best suited to measure chronic unemployment.
Fill in the blank: The ________ approach is most likely to capture intermittent unemployment.
Fill in the blank: The ________ approach is most likely to overestimate the extent of unemployment.
State whether the following statement is True or False: The Labour Bureau also conducts employment and unemployment surveys in India.
State whether the following statement is True or False: The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is the proportion of the working-age population that is either employed or actively seeking work.
State whether the following statement is True or False: The unemployment rate calculated using the Usual Status approach is generally lower than that calculated using the Current Daily Status approach.
State whether the following statement is True or False: The unemployment rate can never be zero in any country.
