Structural unemployment is
A) due to the fact that workers must search for appropriate job offers.
B) a result of a poor match of worker's abilities and skills with current requirements of employers.
C) a result of business recessions that occur when aggregate demand is insufficient to create full employment.
D) a result of the seasonal pattern of work in specific industries.

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Structural unemployment occurs when workers' skills or abilities do not match the current requirements of employers. It is a result of a poor match between workers' skills and available job opportunities, rather than temporary or cyclical economic conditions. Therefore, option B is the correct answer. Option A refers to frictional unemployment, option C refers to cyclical unemployment and option D refers to seasonal unemployment, which are all different from structural unemployment.

Structural Unemployment Is