Macroeconomics 12th Edition by Rudiger Dornbusch ,Stanley Fischer,Richard Startz

Exercise 8

Discuss strategies whereby the government (federal, state, or local) could reduce unemployment in or among ( a ) depressed industries, ( b ) unskilled workers, ( c ) depressed geographical regions, ( d ) teenagers. Include comments on the type of unemployment you would expect to see in these various groups, as well as on the relative duration of unemployment spells that should exist among these groups.