Counting involuntary part- time workers as unemployed would
A)lower the measured unemployment rate.
B)raise the employment rate.
C)not change the actual unemployment rate.
D)raise the natural unemployment rate.
E)raise the measured unemployment rate.

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Involuntary part-time workers are considered employed in the calculation of the unemployment rate. If they were counted as unemployed, it would increase the number in the unemployed category, thus raising the measured unemployment rate.

Counting Involuntary Part- Time Workers as Unemployed Would