Suppose we divide Canada into three regions: the West, the Centre, and the East. Each region has
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a. Compute an unemployment rate for Canada using a simple average of the rates in the three regions. Is this the "right" unemployment rate for Canada as a whole? Explain why or why not.
b. Now compute an unemployment rate for Canada using weights that reflect the size of that region's labour force as a proportion of the overall Canadian labour force. Explain the difference in this unemployment rate from the one in part (a). Is this a "better" measure of Canadian unemployment? Explain why.
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Microeconomics
ISBN: 978-0321866349
14th canadian Edition
Authors: Christopher T.S. Ragan, Richard G Lipsey
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