Because there is no way to account for them, the official unemployment rate does not include discouraged workers.What would happen to the unemployment rate if, because of a program that gave them new hope, all discouraged workers suddenly begin reporting themselves as ready to work?
A)The official unemployment rate would remain unchanged.
B)The size of the labor force would increase.
C)The number of individuals officially in the labor force would remain unchanged.
D)The official unemployment rate would decrease.
E)The size of the underground economy would shrink.

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If discouraged workers begin reporting themselves as ready to work, they would be counted as part of the labor force, thus increasing its size.

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