WAEC Economics 2017 Objective — Question 25
Question 25 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Economics 2017 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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A civil engineer who accepts to teach elementary science in a primary school because he cannot get a paid engineering job is an example of
- A. A. structural unemployment
- B. B. disguised unemploymentCorrect
- C. C. residual unemployment
- D. D. frictional unemployment
Explanation
Disguised unemployment is also known as hidden unemployment or underemployment. This is when the potentials of workers are under-utilized in the work place.
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