During the 1970s, when handheld calculators became popular and replaced slide rules in performing computations, workers in the slide rule industry lost their jobs. These workers' unemployment status is
A) frictional.
B) cyclical.
C) structural.
D) natural.

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The industry shift caused by the rise of handheld calculators created structural unemployment for workers in the slide rule industry as their skills became obsolete and there were no longer job opportunities in that specific field.

During the 1970s, When Handheld Calculators Became Popular and Replaced