Recall the Application About the Impact of the Federal Disability

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about the impact of the federal Disability Insurance program on the unemployment rate to answer the following question(s) .
-Recall the Application. Assume 5,000 unemployed workers left the workforce to participate in the federal Disability Insurance program, leaving the size of the labor force at 195,000. If 13,000 workers remain unemployed and in the labor force, what was the unemployment rate before and after the 5,000 unemployed workers left the workforce?

A) 9.0 percent; 6.7 percent
B) 6.5 percent; 2.3 percent
C) 12.8 percent; 4.3 percent
D) 38.5 percent; 27.8 percent