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

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Involuntary part-time workers are considered as employed in the official definition of unemployment. If they were counted as unemployed, the measured unemployment rate would increase because they are people who want to work full-time but can't find the opportunity. Therefore, counting them as unemployed would raise the measured unemployment rate.

Counting Involuntary Part-Time Workers as Unemployed Would