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JAMB Economics 2020 Objective — Question 50

Question 50 of 50 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Economics 2020 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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If Mr. X lost his clerical job at a store and searched for a similar job for ten months before finding one, this implies that Mr. X was

  • A. structurally unemployed
  • B. frictionally unemployedCorrect
  • C. seasonally unemployed
  • D. cyclically unemployed

Explanation

Spending months searching for a similar job after losing one is a classic case of frictional (search) unemployment.

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