In: Economics
Consider an economy where the rate of unemployment is 6%, the adult population is 40 million and the number of employed is 24 million. Then the labour force participation rate is equal to:
Select one:
a. 65.50%
b. 67.28%
c. 70.52%
d. 63.82%
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Given information:
Adult population (working age population) = 40 million
Employed population = 24 million
Rate of Unemployment = 6%
Formula to calculate the labour force participation rate:
LFPR (%) = Persons employed + persons unemployed x 100
Working-age population
We have employed population i.e. 24 million and that is equal to 94% of the total because we have 6% unemployment rate so calculate the 100% amount or the total population.
Now let’s calculate the total population by using the rate of unemployed:
Now putting the value of total population (employed + unemployed) in the above formula: (I am taking the complete value after a point but you can take up to 3 values):
The correct answer is an option (D) i.e. 63.82%