Federal Reserve Bank
Why Scarce Resources Are Sometimes Unemployed
Why do markets operate inefficiently when the world's resources are so limited? Review the various types of unemployment that exist and why some resources, especially human resources, go unused.
Curated OER
Types of Unemployment
In this economics learning exercise, students investigate frictional unemployment, cyclical unemployment, structural unemployment, and seasonal unemployment as they read 8 situations and list each as one of the 4 aforementioned types of...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Unemployment in My Hometown
In this lesson plan, students interpret data tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare national and local unemployment data.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Types of Unemployment and the Natural Rate of Unemployment
Practice what you have learned about frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment and the natural rate of unemployment in this four-question exercise.
The Balance
The Balance: How Is Unemployment Controlled?
This article provides a brief, clear explanation of some of the means the government has of controlling unemployment when it climbs above 4%.
Other
Amos Web Encyclonomic: Frictional Unemployment
Provides a definition of the economic term, "frictional unemployment."