Suppose the world price of cotton falls substantially. The demand for labor among cotton-producing firms in Texas willdecrease . The demand for labor among textile-producing firms in South Carolina, for which cotton is an input, willincrease . The temporary unemployment resulting from such sectoral shifts in the economy is best described asfrictional unemployment. Suppose the government wants to reduce this type of unemployment. Which of the following policies would help achieve this goal?
a. Improving a widely used job-search website so that it matches workers to job vacancies more effectively.
b. Offering recipients of unemployment insurance benefits a cash bonus if they find a new job within a specified number of weeks
c. Establishing government-run employment agencies to connect unemployed workers to job vacancies