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Explain how it is possible for the number of workers employed to decrease while the unemployment rate decreases. 

          Explain how it is possible for the number of workers employed to decrease while the unemployment rate decreases.

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Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Steven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro 2nd Edition
Chapter 8
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00:01 Hello, so we were asked to explain how it's possible for the number of workers employed to decrease while the unemployment rate decreases.
00:06 Well, this is possible again for the workers employed to decrease while the unemployment rate decreases if the size of the labor force, so if of the labor force also decreases...
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