Assertion (A): The worker-population ratio measures the share of the labour force that is unemployed.
Reason (R): The labour force includes both the employed and the unemployed.

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The WPR is workers as a share of the population; the share of the labour force without work is the unemployment rate. A is false.
R is true.

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Assertion (A): The worker-population ratio measures the share of the labour force that is unemployed.Reason (R): The labour force includes both the employed and the unemployed.

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Assertion (A): The worker-population ratio measures the share of the labour force that is unemployed.
Reason (R): The labour force includes both the employed and the unemployed.