NPR ("Certain Green Industries Have Job Openings",November 12,2008) reported on a story about wind turbine manufacturers in Ohio having trouble finding skilled workers. The report noted that as a result tens of thousands of people having been laid off,there is "a huge pool of job-seekers." The firms claim to "offer good pay and benefits." A representative from the United Steelworkers claim that their union members have easily transferrable skills,but the pay is too low,around $30,000 annually. A manager at Apollo Alliance says that workers in the new industry need different skills than those in the old steel industry. The type of unemployment described in the story is ________ unemployment.
A) cyclical
B) structural
C) frictional
D) efficiency wage

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The type of unemployment described in the story is structural unemployment. This is because there is a mismatch between the skills that workers in the old steel industry have and the skills needed for the new wind turbine manufacturing industry, which is causing difficulty in finding skilled workers.

NPR ("Certain Green Industries Have Job Openings",November 12,2008) Reported on a Story