Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Employment, Migration & Urbanization Mcqs

A. decrease aggregate demand

B. reduce tax rates or lower interest rates

C. decrease government spending

D. decrease private consumption and investment

A. Migration to the cities is a larger contributor than natural population growth to urban labor growth is sub Saharan Africa

B. In Latin America natural population increase is the major source of urban growth

C. From 1975 to 2000 the number of cities in LDC with populations over 1 million increased from 20 to 50

D. The urban share of total LDC population grew from 27 percent in 1975 and 35 percent in 1992 to 40 percent in 2003

A. marginal rate of substitution

B. labor force literacy

C. substitution of leisure and work among labor

D. limited technical sustainability of factors

A. are workers who are compelled to work short hours

B. result from an inadequate use of workers capacities

C. are part-time workers who voluntarily work short hours

D. None of the above is correct

A. The unemployment rate for youths is twice that of people over 24

B. Unemployment in rural areas is twice that of urban areas

C. World-wide there are fewer unemployed females than males, but the rate is higher for women

D. The unemployed are relatively well educated

A. persons 15 to 24 years old

B. the educated

C. residents of urban areas

D. from the poorest 1/5 of the population

A. plant and equipment

B. buildings

C. inventories

D. consumers goods

A. technique to manage raw materials efficiently

B. residual of a production function

C. resource coordinating other productive resources

D. blueprint on how to manage the labor force

A. I and II only

B. III and IV only

C. I, II and III only

D. I, II and IV only

A. I and II only

B. II and III only

C. I, II and III only

D. I, II, III and IV