Suppose that a nation has a labor force of 100 people. In January, Amy, Barbara, Carine, and Denise are unemployed; in February, those four find jobs, but Evan, Francesco, George, and Horatio become unemployed. Suppose further that every month, the previous four who were unemployed find jobs and four different people become unemployed. Throughout the year, however, the same three people — Ito, Jack, and Kelley — continually remain unemployed because their skills are a poor match with employers' requirements. a. Calculate this nation's frictional unemploymentLOADING... rate. nothing% (Enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.)

Ito, Jack, and Kelley fall under structural unemployment, meaning that they are unemployed because their skills do not match the requirements for current job openings.

Every month, other 4 people lose their jobs, but then find a new job next month (first Amy, Barbara, Carine, and Denise, then Evan, Francesco, George, and Horatio, and then 4 others). These people suffer from frictional unemployment, which refers to temporal transitions between jobs. These transactions may even be voluntary, i.e. people quitting their jobs in order to search for better jobs.

total frictional unemployment = 4 people

total labor force = 100 people

frictional unemployment rate = 4 / 100 = 4%