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Macroeconomics
Unemployment and employment
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What is the unemployment equation
Unemployed
/active labour force x
100
What is the employment rate equation
Employed
/ population aged
16-64
Active labour force equation
Employed
+ unemployed
Unemployed
definition

people who are over
16
, without a job, who
have actively sought
work in the last
4
weeks, and who are
available to work in
the next
2
weeks
Employed definition
people over
the age of
16
who did more
than 1 hour of paid work a
week
Inactive definition
people
not
in
employment
who
have not sought
employment in the last
4
weeks and/or are
not available to start
work in the next
2
weeks