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Question 2.
a. Describe each of the four types of unemployment that may be observed monthly in a country.
b. Define natural rate of unemployment. Explain the implications of Robert Hall’s theory of the natural rate of unemployment U = s / s + f in a country.
c. Describe the nature, causes and policy implications of frictional unemployment.
d. Describe the Beveridge curve. How does the Beveridge curve help determine whether an observed increase in the unemployment rate is due to cyclical or structural reasons? Explain your answers